I know the Marshall Protocol has had success with people who have had chronic lyme disease. And, the Benicar works with the low-dose antibiotics and is able to kill the bacteria in the tissues.
Here is just one of the numerous success stories. This patient was on high dose antibiotics for lyme disease and then he did the Marshall Protocol.. He talks about his illness, how long it took to get an accurate diagnosis and various treatments:
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I do not have lyme disease, but I am on a low-dose antibiotic protocol for CFIDS and there are many patients on the protocol who have had chronic lyme disease and autoimmune conditions. Many of the lyme disease patients say that the Marshall Protocol is treating their illness and they are having much greater success on the MP treatment, than the standard IV antibiotic treatment for lyme disease.
There are two treatments that are helping people who still had symptoms of lyme disease after being treated by the conventional methods. The first is Dr. David Jernigan's protocol. Dr. Jernigan is the author of "Surviving Lyme Disease Using Alternative Medicine" and the other protocol is a research protocol that uses low dose antibiotics along with Benicar... it is called the Marshall Protocol.
I am looking for a doctor who specializes in the Marshall Protocol that is with 3 hours of Columbus, Ohio. I am convinced I have Lyme disease and have had CFS for 25 years. It really makes me angry becasue I pushed for antibiotics 25 years ago and no one would even test me. Now I find it may have easily been taken care of, had I recieved treatment then..
Before the Losartan, I was taking 90 mgs of Armour (which is T3 AND T4) daily. After just a few weeks on the Losartan, I became hyperthyroid for a while, and my doctor lowered my dose of Armour (down to 60.)
I have not noticed heat intolerance, but I am losing weight--slowly (which I don't mind as I am about 20 lbs over bikini-wearing level.)
Never heard of the Marshall protocol, but I'm going to look it up!
a day before the surgery along with Zocor to control cholesterol. I am now on Plavix, Toprol XL, Zocor and Benicar. My blood pressure has been low, in the range of 90/60 since the surgery but the cardiologist wants me to continue the Benicar. He said it's "good for the heart". Has anyone ever heard of this before? My understanding was that Benicar is for high BP. Also, I have been feeling very down and blue a lot of the time.
Wags:
I have over 20 lesions on my brain and that's not a typo! Mine are small and scattered throughout my brain. The first thing the neuro asked me was "have you had lyme disease"! They ran every test under the sun and everything including the LP came back normal (thank goodness I guess). Anyhow, it also did not show Lyme disease.
I was then tested at Igenex and came back positive for lyme and erlichosis.
Thanks for the help, but I got some bad news today (in my perspective), I went to an ID doctor and he says that the other doctors were wrong and I don't have Lyme Disease, and he doesn't know what I have. He said that I was positive for IgM antibodies , but not the right ones that indicate Lyme. I really don't know. He thinks I might have a rheumatic problem. If anyone has any ideas I'm welcome to any opinions.
In your situation, I would take my child to a Lyme specialist for diagnosis and treatment *now*. Infectious disease MDs are, sadly, some of the docs most resistant to the idea of Lyme as something to be taken seriously. You might take your daughter back to the doc at Emory who at least considered the possibility of Lyme or ask him/her for a referral to a Lyme-friendly doc.
My dog had lyme a couple years ago. I still give him frontline. I don't think they really know whether or not dogs get immune to lyme or not (it's bacterial though, not viral, so it seems you could still get a second infection). I would think my vet would have told me if I did not need to give it anymore. But just to be on the safe side I still give it - I don't want to go through that again.
I don't think there are different types of lyme disease.
High blood pressure can be due hardening and occlusions of the coronary and system vessels and can be secondary to another medical issue. Sometimes hbp is ideopathic meaning the underlying cause is not known.
If your hbp is secondary to heart vessel disease, a stress test would be appropriate and/or echocardiogram to determine if there has been any enlargement of the heart and if there is any heart wall movement impairment..
I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis and insulin resistance, pre-diabetic and lyme disease. I think the Hashimoto's is a sign or chronic lyme. I am researching Yersinia Enterocolitica and Hashimto's and lyme and Hashimoto's. There are many people with thyroid problems and lyme. This appears to be a case of molecular mimicry. Google and read lots of articles..........
In early 2007 I awoke one morning with numbness of the left side of my body-neck, shoulder and arm. The week before my gen prac ha done an adjustment to my back and suggested I get routine massages for what has been 4 years of musculoskeletal aches/pains. Also took antiinflammatory during those years to no avail. Anyhow, I never told anyone about the numbness but was scared of it. It left as quickly as it came only after 3 days or so.
Unfortunately, you cannot rely on physicians to diagnose this unless they are Lyme literate. Many have been led to believe Lyme disease is rare and even doesn't exist in certain states such as the one I live in, Utah. I have Lyme disease. It does exist in Utah. I have no doubt it is under reported since the guidelines by the CDC are set up so that many Lyme patients will not be considered positive by the CDC and therefore are not reported.
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