western blot pos, only recived 6 mo abx active cns involement

[LYMETYLERPARAMEDIC]

Is 6 weeks of iv therapy sufficient for latent lyme

[cave76]

Lymetyler------ any more comments? Or perhaps what has been posted here is sufficient for you.

Anyway---- report back to us, if you want to.

[Ricobord]

Some doctors have their own limit for how long they'll give IV meds. I've heard of 4 and 6 months. Other more aggressive doctors will do 12-24 months for the really sick people.  Then, they switch to orals.
My insurance approved Rocephin for 6 months, so perhaps some insurance companies are driving that limit.  Docs don't want to get flagged as giving excessive meds.  (I don't know yet if my insurance company will extend me past that 6 months worth.)

Did your doc stop because you hit the 6 month mark or because your symptoms are mostly gone?  You may do just fine going forwards on orals, or you may need more IV.  Every patient is different, so it's hard to answer your question.

[Ephedra]

Don't be afraid to ask you doctor what it is that he is doing.  Not all doctors are the same, and everyones situation is different.  As I said before, the test are not always accurate.  Lyme associated disease remains a clinical diagnoses - based on symptoms, your response to treatment, ect.

  

[cave76]

Please read my last post in your other thread. It's possible that he is experienced enough to know that an antibody serology test isn't infallible.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Lyme-Disease/Doc-said-6-weeks-iv-is-ENOUGH/show/2073694

I don't know his reason but that may be it.

[LYMETYLERPARAMEDIC]

My doc is treating Bart when it was negative from igenenx.


i need to be,treated for what i no i have

[JackieCalifornia]

I was quite ill with Lyme and a co-infection and was treated successfully with only oral antibiotics -- everyone's situation is different.

[Ephedra]

Just 6 weeks of IV antibiotics?  Absolutely not!  Now are you going to be switched to orals?  Some people don't necessarily need IV antibiotics.  Orals can be just as effective.  It just depends on your situation and how advanced the illness is.