telithromycin and lyme

The good news is that she decided not to get the transplant...because, hello..taking immunosuppressant drugs forever and lyme do not mix...and her liver did heal on its own eventually.

The Incivek prescribing informations lists clarithromycin, erythromycin and telithromycin as antibacterials that can cause drug interaction. "Concentrations of both telaprevir and the antibacterial may be increased during co-administration. Caution is warranted and clinical monitoring is recommended when co-administered with telaprevir. QT interval prolongation and Torsade de Pointes have been reported with clarithromycin and erythromycin.

You really need to see a good physician about the nodule and weight loss plus what the nodule on the lung is. They could do a biopsy and culture the leg sores with pus. Mention the lyme results and also that you want to be checked for co-infections and maybe follow up with a western blot for lyme.. Also mention that the antibiotics made you feel better. Go from there. Lyme can cause a lot of neurological damage if left untreated. Here are some links: http://www.lymediseaseassociation.

The long road you have travelled is unfortunately not uncommon, and if I were in your shoes, I would pursue the possibility of Lyme and other infections (aka co-infections) that are carried by the same ticks as Lyme: at worst, you will decide you don't have Lyme; at best, you may find relief.

Better post this on the Lyme forum. I am not a doctor, but I have Lyme disease, and those were some of my symptoms and still are. It doesn't have to be Lyme, but I know the symptoms are similar. Any tick bites? Where do you live (not that it matters much). I tested negative for Lyme by three conventional labs. I had to have my bloodwork sent to a specialty lab and I was clearly positive - after 3 years of searching for a diagnosis. Come on over to the Lyme forum if you like!

Newbie here and wanting to find out some answers. Here are my symptoms for the most part...going to the nuro doc the 13th to confirm i have Lymes Disease. He thinks maybe i do. confusion, brain swelling (left ventrical), extreme fatigue, fibro and chronic fatigue syndrome was diagnosed, SED rate of 25, negative results on my nuclear brain scan (free of tumors and blockages), low grade fevers, lyme ab igm .

t get better when the infection cleared my PCP did a lyme test. The ANA game back positive and ELISA positive for lyme. Started doxycycline last Monday for 28 days. Then the nurse called and said my Western Blot was negative but to keep going with the antibiotics anyway. I called the rheumatologist on July 2nd and he couldnt see me but did review my labs and said if I didn't feel better to go by this week and see him. Can having Lupus cause false positives on the lyme tests?

But if you have Lyme specific antibodies, you could indeed have neuro Lyme. If you have Lyme, MS medications will make you worse and will make Lyme more difficult to treat. Best of luck!

s experience, however, that the standard tests are not terribly accurate when one has been infected as long as I had been (a year or more), but getting a positive test caused me to find a Lyme specialist who diagnosed me with Lyme and babesiosis and treated me with appropriate antibiotics for something just over a year. I am now well and have been for several years. So-called 'mainstream' MDs will scoff at the likelihood of Lyme, saying it is rare, but that is so wrong.

My Lyme mimicked MS, although I didn't meet the diagnostic criteria. I had a lot of overlap of symptoms and even had about 20 of those little brain lesions. The radiologist didn't even bother to count them, instead, saying I had "numerous" lesions. (Guess they like that word.) Many good LLMDs have commented that when they see a lot of neuro symptoms, look for Bartonella. Sure enough, I also have Bartonella.

ve also been told at conferences and via gossip and news articles with quotes from health officials that there are patients who THINK they have Lyme who can be very insistent and very difficult, and the doctors willing to give them a diagnosis without a positive lab test and give them long term antibiotics are dangerous quacks. In recently exposed emails, the CDC and IDSA called us "Lyme loonies." This contempt is most apparent in Infectious Disease doctors.

Ditto what Rico said. I am IgeneX positive for Lyme and Bart's and have brain lesions and was negative on the LP. I became very ill taking steroids when misdiagnosed with MS.

but always keep in the back of your mind the earlier experiences you have already had, and know that Lyme is a tricky and developing area of medicine, and even 'Lyme specialists' overlook things or don't line up all the dominoes the way another MD might. Become a file clerk of all your husband's medical tests. Be a bit obsessive about it, because your repository of records will be the only one all in one place.

I have had two operations and had a terrible worsening of lyme symptoms after one of them which lasted years. I won't share details as it was everyone's worst GA nightmare and nobody'd ever have an operation again if it happened to them. After the other one I was horribly ill and had respiratory crises but I could feel the effects were not as bad as the first. It was a far longer operation (4 hours vs 30 mins) but I believe the stuff they used was more modern.

I received some hormone test results that were abnormal today and wondered if there is a link between them and Lyme Disease? My SHBG were highly abnormal (not sure if high or low yet, waiting for Dr appointment) and my progesterone is nearly non-existent. Any ideas please?

Oh,, and treating Lyme and MS doesn't have to be mutually exclusive. Best wishes.

is there anyway Lyme Disease and HIV can be confused by a blood test? If I do have HIV and don't 100% know yet and got a positive test for Lyme Disease can this result in a fald positive for the Lyme and a positive for the HIV test? I have had recent possible exposure and possible exposure before that...had swollen glands, tonsillitious, achyness and stiff neck. No rash no fever no loss of appitite. could this be ARS instead of Lyme?

Hi, I have lyme and bartonella and was given a steroid for 7 days (prednisone) a few weeks after being infected (I didn't know I had lyme then). This caused the bacteria to spread and cause my eye symptoms. Will I ever be able to put this in remission since I took steroids for a week? I know it lowered my immune system's response, and now I'm scared I won't be able to recover. I've been treating for 6 months with rifampin and Cefdinir, herbals, vitamins and a diet change.

Both Lyme and MS can be diagnosed clinically, based on symptoms and not just tests. However, owing to advances in MRI imaging, more and more doctors depend on the MRI in diagnosing MS. Likewise, even through their are suspicions about the Lyme blood tests, some doctors still rely on them solely. Lyme doesn't always cause brain lesions. There are different strains of Lyme, and also different "co-infections," which ticks also carry and transmit.

I just found it interesting and scary that all these ALS patients have Lyme as well and they all die early???? The study was of 300 ALS patients and 100% had Lyme. The misdiagnosis of ALS, is like mine and so many others that are told we have Lupus or whatever and it is Lyme .

Welcome to MedHelp Lyme -- I'm sure Ricobord will check in soon, but thought I'd give a quick reply too. Good for you for taking action for your father. Although many doctors will not diagnose Lyme without a tick being stuck in the skin (embedded) for at least so many hours, and without seeing a circular rash, Lyme doesn't play by those rules. I had Lyme, and never saw a tick or had a rash.

I am NOT medically trained, but my understanding from what I have read is that the presence of band 39 definitely indicates a Lyme infection (and perhaps the presence of band 41 also indicates a Lyme infection). Lyme disease is treatable, usually with antibiotics. I had Lyme and was treated with antibiotics several years ago, and I remain fully well now. You say, "My thyroid was also mildly hypo which could also contribute to my symptoms.

Sometimes it happens that the co-infections are hidden by the activities of the Lyme bacteria and the interplay among the bacteria and your immune system, and it can take a while to sort it all out. The important thing is knowing that your doc will keep an eye out for that possibility as your treatment progresses. A diagnosis is the first step to getting well -- good for you! Keep us posted, and be sure to update your doc with new or changing symptoms as treatment progresses.

There is some discussion about whether mosquitoes can carry Lyme, and my impression is that so much is still being learned about Lyme that I would not rule it out. Others here may have other views ....

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