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Post by girlie on Jul 26, 2017 23:49:06 GMT
The LLMD's all have their own ideas it seems with it. LLMD MR (Seattle ) is the one who said 3 days and 11 off. Dr. J. just has you pulse it M/W/F and the take it 5 days in a row M-F the next week. Someone on the forum posted that their LLMD told them to take it for a week straight. I decided I'd do 4 days on...and then 10 (or was it 11) days off. That was when I was taking Rifampin as well. I herxed on it. Now I'm taking Mepron - and I am taking the Art M/W/F one week and the second week 4 days in a row (I'm following a pulsed protocol similar to what Dr. J.prescribes) Then I have two weeks off all meds. I don't know -for sure though - if the 14 days would do anything...it just seems that they're not on the same page with it...and I haven't seen much on it. But, again, I would rather do a shorter pulse of it to be on the safe side.
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Post by girlie on Jul 26, 2017 23:51:11 GMT
Girlie, do you know if you take a break from the arteminisin for ____ days/weeks after 'over using' it, will it be okay to go back to it? Arteminisin has been effective for some though, so if it's something that you can take a few weeks off from and then it will help again - you may wish to continue with it, since your doc is on board with using it. If not, then you can suggest something that doesn't have so many restrictions on it's use maybe. I think it will work again after going back on...but not much talk about it. i haven't read that it causes 'resistance' - but I just err on the side of caution...and take it for less days in a row...with a good break between. Artemisinin has caused herxes for me..so it does work.
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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Jul 27, 2017 0:02:56 GMT
It was my understanding that there is an enzyme in the small intestine that made the arteminisin ineffective - not that the body could actually build up a resistance. I'll have to take a look around to see if I can find more information on it. I never did before because I'm interested in 'whole herbs' - but if I wish to help others, I'd better get to researching! LOL!!
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Post by Little Bear (LB) on Jul 27, 2017 19:49:45 GMT
The LLMD's all have their own ideas it seems with it. LLMD MR (Seattle ) is the one who said 3 days and 11 off. Dr. J. just has you pulse it M/W/F and the take it 5 days in a row M-F the next week. Someone on the forum posted that their LLMD told them to take it for a week straight. I decided I'd do 4 days on...and then 10 (or was it 11) days off. That was when I was taking Rifampin as well. I herxed on it. Now I'm taking Mepron - and I am taking the Art M/W/F one week and the second week 4 days in a row (I'm following a pulsed protocol similar to what Dr. J.prescribes) Then I have two weeks off all meds. I don't know -for sure though - if the 14 days would do anything...it just seems that they're not on the same page with it...and I haven't seen much on it. But, again, I would rather do a shorter pulse of it to be on the safe side. Hi Girlie!-
Thank you so much for your response and information!
Thank you for posting the different ways that some LLMD's are giving it to their patients.
Also thank you for sharing how you are personally taking it.
Yeah, it does look like nobody is really sure about how long to take it. UGH!!
Thank You!
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