Artemisinin - dosage?

Those of you who are taken or have take taken Artemisinin - what was the dose?

And...how many times daily?

Did you start off with a low dose and slowly increase?

You know me, the "by the book" person. I followed Buhner's recommendations in his coinfection book that includes Babesia: 100-200mg 3x daily

I started with 100mg daily....was able to add a second dose within a few days...and the same for the 3rd dose.

I was herxing quite a bit at that point (I was also increasing my Babs/Bart herbs at the same time) so it was a couple of weeks before I tried to increase the Artemisinin more and I got up to 200mg TID rather easily.

Just for reference, "herxing quite a bit" for me means an increase in symptoms but, thankfully, the symptoms didn't interfere with my life too much (I'd have a hot flash here and there, a short moment of anxiety or chest pressure or air hunger or sighing....but they were symptoms I didn't usually have and why I considered them herxes...the "quite a bit" corresponds to the number of symptoms vs intensity).

I only took Artemisinin for 30 days per Buhner's recommendation.....and I had made a lot of progress by then (I don't credit only the Artemisinin since I was also taking all of Buhner's recommended herbs for Babs/Bart along with his full Lyme protocol minus Andrographis at that point).

There seems to be quite the variation in how Artemisinin is dosed and I hope others who took it chime in on this thread. I wish you success with it, Girlie!

I was originally told to take 2 capsules of artemisinin (Allergy Research Group) 2x a day for 3 days, then take 4 days off before repeating. I did a little research and felt more comfortable taking the whole herb.

The highest dose of artemisia (Allergy Research Group) that I can tolerate is 1 capsule a day, 3 days on 4 days off. I have seen quite a bit of progress. I also am on sida, alchornea and cryptolepis. It helps make things a bit smoother for me, in terms of herxing. I take it in the evening, since the herxing can be bad. Especially dizziness. This way, I'm pretty much done for the day.

hmmm...Dr. MR recommends starting off at a low dose ....and it looks like a few of you did do that.

Now, what to pair it with...I am leaning toward Mepron or Malarone.
I think I would prefer that to Clindamycin, or Larium.

I will also be pulsing biaxin. (Will drop the Rifampin - as it can lower the effectiveness of Mepron)

Girle,
My LLMD told me to take Artemisinin Solo (Researched Nutritionals) 500 mg one cap twice a day, 6 days a week. Not sure this helps.