Re: MALT Lymphoma
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:28 am
Dear Helico_expert:
You seem to be surprised Pylera didn't work. On top of this page, in my first message, is all I've taken & its results.
The appointment was today.
The panel decided that I'd try another course of antibiotics.
Susceptibility Test:
I had actually already talked to a gastroenterologist doctor before who said that they could do this but that it would take a long time & the in vitro results wouldn't necessarily guarantee success. I have the feeling it might be an expensive procedure or so otherwise they would have started by this, which seems pretty logical.
Rifabutin:
They have no access to it or experience with it.
It's not available in pharmacies either, only in Hospitals.
But I believe that they can get it if they want to…
So, the 3rd antibiotic therapy I was prescribed is the following:
Day 01 to 05: Amoxicilin 1000mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day + Rabeprazole 20mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day
Day 06 to 10: Levofloxacin 500mg 1_Capsule Once-A-Day + Tinidazole 500mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day + Rabeprazole 20mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day
01: Although I already had a couple of good references on Levofloxacin I don't fully trust this therapy...
Don't you think I should go back there & insist on the Rifabutin + Amoxicilin + Ciprofloxacin?
I'd rather try something that has more proven success right away than ruining my microbiome once more with a shot in the dark. Pylera was in May but only this month I had finally got it back to normal.
I've already taken Amoxicilin on the 1st one & it failed, tho it cleared up my ulcer... Shouldn't this be the 1st antibiotic H. Pylori resists to?
Interesting: I have avoided antibiotics all my adulthood so if my H. Pylori is resistant to Amoxicilin it can only be from when I was a kid & took a lot of drugs due to asthma attacks & fevers.
02: I have never understood this: if low stomach acid is precisely what favours H. Pylori why do antibiotic therapies always include a Proton Pump Inhibitor? Have you ever tried any therapy WITHOUT a PPI?
You seem to be surprised Pylera didn't work. On top of this page, in my first message, is all I've taken & its results.
The appointment was today.
The panel decided that I'd try another course of antibiotics.
Susceptibility Test:
I had actually already talked to a gastroenterologist doctor before who said that they could do this but that it would take a long time & the in vitro results wouldn't necessarily guarantee success. I have the feeling it might be an expensive procedure or so otherwise they would have started by this, which seems pretty logical.
Rifabutin:
They have no access to it or experience with it.
It's not available in pharmacies either, only in Hospitals.
But I believe that they can get it if they want to…
So, the 3rd antibiotic therapy I was prescribed is the following:
Day 01 to 05: Amoxicilin 1000mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day + Rabeprazole 20mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day
Day 06 to 10: Levofloxacin 500mg 1_Capsule Once-A-Day + Tinidazole 500mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day + Rabeprazole 20mg 1_Capsule Twice-A-Day
01: Although I already had a couple of good references on Levofloxacin I don't fully trust this therapy...
Don't you think I should go back there & insist on the Rifabutin + Amoxicilin + Ciprofloxacin?
I'd rather try something that has more proven success right away than ruining my microbiome once more with a shot in the dark. Pylera was in May but only this month I had finally got it back to normal.
I've already taken Amoxicilin on the 1st one & it failed, tho it cleared up my ulcer... Shouldn't this be the 1st antibiotic H. Pylori resists to?
Interesting: I have avoided antibiotics all my adulthood so if my H. Pylori is resistant to Amoxicilin it can only be from when I was a kid & took a lot of drugs due to asthma attacks & fevers.
02: I have never understood this: if low stomach acid is precisely what favours H. Pylori why do antibiotic therapies always include a Proton Pump Inhibitor? Have you ever tried any therapy WITHOUT a PPI?