Hi, Patty,

Multiple doctors have recommended this to me, but I have not taken it yet because it's common to have a fever for the first couple of weeks, and I just have not felt equipped to handle a fever (and also probably a herx!) recently. Makes sense to have a fever, since a fever is a useful tool your body uses to kill pathogens! Perhaps I should just dive in. Researched Nutritionals formulas are supposed to be excellent, and both my functional medicine PCP and my LLMD are big fans of their transfer factors. For me, they recommended the PlasMyc transfer factor because we know I have EBV, HHV6, and Mycoplasma. They advised me to start slowly by opening the capsule and just taking a bit of the powder every other day, to see how I responded, gradually working up to the dosage on the bottle. Hope it works well for you! Let us know.

Transfer factor is colostrum from cows infected with specific pathogens. (So, for example, colostrum from a cow infected with borrelia hermsii will contain antibodies for borrelia hermsii.) So the Plasmyc variety of transfer factor by Researched Nutritionals addresses mycoplasma pneumoniae, EBV, HH6, and a couple of dozen other specific diseases that the cows were infected with intentionally, so you get to benefit from their antibodies rather than relying on your own (possibly compromised, definitely taxed) immune system to make the antibodies yourself. But Plasmyc won't help you with influenza or bartonella. You can find info sheets on each transfer factor online if you are curious which specific diseases you are getting antibodies for based on the type of transfer factor you take. They also make a general colostrum transfer factor that is not geared toward any one illness but rather bolsters your immune system in general. There are specific ones for a bunch of Lyme-related infections, so maybe worth researching if you want to target your treatment in a specific way.

For EBV, the naturo has just started me (in the last 5 days) on Microbinate from Researched Nutritionals. Ingredients include oregano extract powder, monolaurin, olive leaf extract, alliciin and tumeric. Some of that should hit Lyme and co-infections.

For mycoplasma pneumonia, started Myc-P from same company. It has a number of herbs, like cordyceps (which I also take separate), houttuynia, Chinese skullcap,cat's claw, sida acuta and a few others. Hoping the mix also hits a few things.

Sounds like transfer factor in two different mixes? Have started VERY slowly with the Myc-P and somewhat slower with the Microbinate. Either the EBV or mycoplasma had me so drained, I started having to sleep a couple hours again during day. That has faded a little since starting the herbs.

I just wonder if any of it can really help with EBV. Have read a lot what is in the mixes can work on Lyme and co-infections. Too bad we are left to a game of "hope."