Cleocin Clindamycin Results and Dosage

Hi Everyone. My doctor is prescribing Cleocin as my next round of antibiotics. The prescription is two 300mg capsules per day for 60 days. My question is: has anyone had success against Lyme with this med? What was your dosage and how long did you take it? Thanks.

LLMD protocol. Olmesartan 40mg/3x/day. Samento 6 drops/2x/day. Lumbrokinase 2x/day. Mesosilver 1tbsp/day. His protocol is to rotate AB every 8 weeks: Minocin > Cleocin > Doxy > did not write down 4th AB. Then repeat. Says process can take up to 2 years. 6 months before really start to feel better.

Took Plaquenil for 6 months. Did not help. Also, afraid of loss of peripheral vision. Have not heard of quinine. Live blood analysis showed potential babesia as well as Lyme borrelia.

1 drug AB and 1 non-prescription AB (mesosilver) at a time is his protocol.

My doctor doesn't believe in the stay out of sunlight. He told me that.

I take Vitamin D, but he says that is only necessary in winter.

I am not a health professional. I do feel better on the Olmesartan. It's the first time I've felt good in 18 months. Also, there's only one other LLMD covered by insurance within an hour of my home. Since I'm feeling better and since I've already been to see 10 different health care professionals about my Lyme disease, I was going to stick with my LLMD a bit longer. I've been thinking about going to a herbalist in combo with my LLMD. So much stomach upset with 30 pills a day to cover all the supps and meds. Don't know if I could take an herbal protocol on top of what I'm doing. In a quandry.

Thanks for the info on Babesia. I didn't know cleocin could treat it!

I don't have high blood pressure, and I'm not on Benicar for high blood pressure. Benicar downregulates calcitriol, which I believe Lyme upregulates to keep the body in an inflamed state, so that Lyme can feed. I felt better, almost normal except still arthritis and clumsy dropping things, within 24 hours of starting Benicar, and I started no other meds, but this one at the time. I suspect the downregulated calcitriol is what my body needed to put it back in control of my immune system. Benicar also upregulates Vitamin D receptors VDR, which releases peptides that activate the immune system to fight Lyme. That's what I get out of the article below. I assume the Lyme is still there, and there is now beginning a pitched battle going on between Lyme and my immune system. I'm on 14 different supplements which are supposed to help me win: NAC, Adrenal Enzymes, B-complex, Buffered Vitamin C, Zinc, COQ10, Probiotic, R-Lipoic Acid, Selenium, Collagen 2, Iodoral, Chelated Magnesium, 5HTP, Vitamin D3. I'll be adding Acetyl L Carnitine and Vitamin E if I can take it.

https://www.chronicillnessrecovery.org/11-uncategorised/306-benicarr-olmesartan-medoxomil

I have not been monitoring it. Basically the doctor says, if you get dizzy or light headed, back off to a half pill (20mg) 3 times a day. Otherwise, based on his experience with previous patients, you need to take the full 40mg/3x/day. He says other patients have gotten healed. One went back to being a near scratch golfer and leading golfing tours. He has patients coming from as far as 3 hours away. I'm just glad not to be in the fatigued doldrums that I was in for the last 18 months. All of a sudden, it feels hopeful, like muscles, tendons, and joints are going to heal. I have energy and my smiles aren't forced. Wow!