Azithromycin for Lyme Disease, Erythema Chronicum Migrans User Reviews
Brand names: Zithromax, Azithromycin Dose Pack, Z-Pak
- Jessi
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- May 22, 2020
"Always helpful treatment when I experience CHRONIC Lyme & Mycoplasma pneumonia -- 250 mg best since I also have Crohn's disease, always have an abdominal reaction, often diarrhea as I dose for a day or two, and after 3 to 5 days, less intestinal discomfort. And, another side effect, neuropathic tingling while dosing & resolves, as the bacterial load reduces. Very helpful drug treatment if pulmonary compromise from M. Pneumonia, sometimes additional rounds of treatment, for 10-21 days."
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"For Lyme symptoms (which vary over months) I've taken different antibiotics for more than a year. Most of that time I took a different medicine (Ceftin), then IV, then Doxycycline which was not quite strong enough to stop the last of my symptoms (spine pain and arthritis in my hands) so for 30 days I took BOTH the Doxy azithromycin. There was almost immediate improvement (100% in spine!) but not completely resolved in hands. Currently doing another 30 days of both antibiotics. Side effects: there are hot flashes, like night sweats, for about 5 minutes every hour, but that may be caused by Lyme. The only gut problems may be my fault for taking it on an empty stomach then starting the day with black coffee. (Yeah -- don't do that.)"