Tetracycline gave me 5 minutes of nausea nearly every morning within 35
minutes of taking, with or without cooking.net">food (supposed to be without though). I
assume it was gas suddenly generated as the outer capsule dissolved and
released the abx into my gut. I have seen some suggestions for avoiding
this problem in a recent thread somewhere, but haven't been on tet since
spring (because of sun) so haven't tried any of them yet.

My GI problems went away in 3 days (as predicted by my LLMD - boy, that
was nice) and have stayed away since (2 years now). Two weeks after
starting tet, I herxed with symptoms (depression, anxiety, visual and
aural overstimulation) that I had only heard my wife mention in her
suffering, along with a worsening of my fatigue and fog. I herxed off and
on for 3 months, then broke out (again as predicted by my doc) feeling
better than I had in twenty years.

My appetite was incredible while on it, a known side-effect I was warned
about. I thought about cooking.net">food all the time, even after a large meal. I
gained 20 lbs each winter (that's a LOT for me - I'm thin) and lost it
each summer. I still own two wardrobes in anticipation of this coming
winter.

It did not cure me but I have done the last two winters on it (6-7
months), and have been able to enjoy two active drug-free 5-month long
summers. I will be going back on tetra or minocycline this fall to try and
finish the job.

Biaxin/Plaquenil did nothing but provide bad taste and more diahrea (just
not {*filter*}). E-mycin made my stomach even worse than it was before.

I have never tested positive for Lyme.

I am sure you will get many differing answers to your questiom. Treatment
has to be tailored to each individual, we see over and over that one drug
is great for one individual and terrible (or at least ineffective) for
another. Good luck in your search. Hope you find something that works for
you.

--
Alan W. Stone
Group 48
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lexington, MA

781 981 5038

Thanks for the reply.

My MD specified tablets, not capsules, on the script, maybe to avoid the sudden release phenomenon you mention.

I'm currently on amoxy, which worked very well in the beginning, plus Biaxin, which I'm not sure if it did anything. The PDR says not to take tetracycline with penicillins.

Did you take the tetracycline by itself, with no other abx ? 500 mg tid, or a different dose ? LR

    Did you take the tetracycline by itself, with no other abx ? 500 mg tid, or a different dose ? LR

    LR:  I took it by itself....500 mg tid.  I recall Miguel posting that he was on the tetra. alone, and later combined it with placquinal, after which he noted improvement.  This was never recommended by my doctor...but I thought it was interesting.