Post by itchin4answers on Mar 30, 2012 16:03:52 GMT -5
I took it upon myself to write a letter to my doctor about the blood mix up. I was very nice and told him all the things that had been troubling me, such as incompetence and even when paying for a service seems no one can get it right.
The doctor phoned me Thursday afternoon after reading my email. He was extremely apologetic and admitted there had been a major stuff up with my blood not being sent. He said my blood had been stored at 18C below freezing and assured me my blood would not be spoilt. Igenex has signed for my blood, so they have it now.
The mix up with my Rickettsial results was basically because the person telling Tony my results did not understand what she was talking about.
The results are as follows;
Flinders Island spotted fever - not detected (titre < 128)
Mediterranean spotted fever - " "
Rocky Mountain spotted fever - " "
Queensland tick typhus - detected (titre - 128)
North Asian tick typhus - detected (titre - 128)
Rickettsial pox - detected (titre - 128)
I had put in my email that I was wondering why I wasn't started on any treatment given my CD57 results. The doctor asked if I was wanting some treatment. I said "yes" if possible, as the treatment of IV Dalicin C for 10months had to be stopped because it was killing me. He said he will send me a prescription for Doxycycline. I told him about the pustules on my knee cap and elbow, which are not healing. So, I hope the Doxy will help this.
I am aware there are some doctors that do not like to prescribe Doxycycline for the treatment of Lyme. The doctor said he can not start to treat the Lyme until he knows if I am positive for Bartonella and Babebsia.
I would welcome feed back from people who have been on Doxycycline, even if you haven't, would also like feed back, thank you.
Doxycycline
Doxycycline is a member of the tetracycline antibiotics group, and is commonly used to treat a variety of infections. Doxycycline is a semisynthetic tetracycline invented and clinically developed in the early 1960s by Pfizer Inc.[citation needed] and marketed under the brand name Vibramycin.[citation needed] Vibramycin received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 1967,[citation needed] becoming Pfizer's first once-a-day, broad-spectrum antibiotic.[citation needed] Other brand names include Monodox, Microdox, Periostat, Vibra-Tabs, Oracea, Doryx, Vibrox, Adoxa, Doxyhexal, Doxylin, Doxoral,Doxy-1 and Atridox (topical doxycycline hyclate for periodontitis).
Indicated uses
As well as the general indications for all members of the tetracycline antibiotics group, doxycycline is frequently used to treat chronic prostatitis, sinusitis, syphilis, chlamydia, pelvic inflammatory disease,[1][2] acne, rosacea,[3][4] and rickettsial infections.
Antiprotozoal
It is used in prophylaxis against malaria. It should not be used alone for initial treatment of malaria, even when the parasite is doxycycline-sensitive, because the antimalarial effect of doxycycline is delayed. This delay is related to its mechanism of action, which is to specifically impair the progeny of the apicoplast genes, resulting in their abnormal cell division.[6]
It can be used in a treatment plan in combination with other agents, such as quinine.
Antibacterial
It is used in the treatment and prophylaxis of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax).
It is also effective against Yersinia pestis (the infectious agent of bubonic plague) and is prescribed for the treatment of Lyme disease,[8][9][10][11] ehrlichiosis[12][13] and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. In fact, because doxycycline is one of the few medications shown to be effective in treating Rocky Mountain spotted fever (with the next-best alternative being chloramphenicol), doxycycline is indicated even for use in children for this illness. Otherwise, doxycycline is not indicated for use in children under the age of eight years. Doxycycline, like other antibiotics, will not work for colds, influenza, or other viral infections.
When bacteriologic testing indicates appropriate susceptibility to the drug, doxycycline may be used to treat and prevent:
- Escherichia coli
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Enterobacter aerogenes (formerly Aerobacter aerogenes)
- Lyme disease, aka Lyme borreliosis complex (B. burgdorferi)
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
- Folliculitis
- Acne and other inflammatory skin diseases, such as hidradenitis - suppurativa
- Shigella species
- Acinetobacter species (formerly Mima species and Herellea species)
- Respiratory tract infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae - - - Respiratory tract and urinary tract infections
- Upper respiratory infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (formerly Diplococcus pneumoniae)
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
- As combined therapy when treating a patient for "Chlamydia Trachomatis" because up to 50% of patients will be infected with the beta-lactam-resistant strain of this bacteria.[14]
Experimental applications
At subantimicrobial doses, doxycycline is an inhibitor of matrix metalloproteases, and has been used in various experimental systems for this purpose, such as for recalcitrant recurrent corneal erosions.[27] Doxycycline has been demonstrated to reduce the in vitro growth of human breast and prostate cancer cells, possibly through G1 phase cell cycle arrest. [28][29] Doxycycline and other tetracyclines are also highly osteotropic, and in animal models of breast cancer bone metastases, doxycycline treatments have reduced the growth of breast cancer tumours in the bone. [30] Doxycycline has been used successfully in the treatment of one patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, an otherwise progressive and fatal disease.[31] Doxycycline has also been shown to attenuate cardiac hypertrophy (in mice), a deadly consequence of prolonged hypertension.[32] In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, doxycycline has shown to improve lung functions in patients with stable symptoms.[33] Doxycycline is also used in "Tet-on" and "Tet-off" tetracycline-controlled transcriptional activation to regulate transgene expression in organisms and cell cultures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxycycline
The doctor phoned me Thursday afternoon after reading my email. He was extremely apologetic and admitted there had been a major stuff up with my blood not being sent. He said my blood had been stored at 18C below freezing and assured me my blood would not be spoilt. Igenex has signed for my blood, so they have it now.
The mix up with my Rickettsial results was basically because the person telling Tony my results did not understand what she was talking about.
The results are as follows;
Flinders Island spotted fever - not detected (titre < 128)
Mediterranean spotted fever - " "
Rocky Mountain spotted fever - " "
Queensland tick typhus - detected (titre - 128)
North Asian tick typhus - detected (titre - 128)
Rickettsial pox - detected (titre - 128)
I had put in my email that I was wondering why I wasn't started on any treatment given my CD57 results. The doctor asked if I was wanting some treatment. I said "yes" if possible, as the treatment of IV Dalicin C for 10months had to be stopped because it was killing me. He said he will send me a prescription for Doxycycline. I told him about the pustules on my knee cap and elbow, which are not healing. So, I hope the Doxy will help this.
I am aware there are some doctors that do not like to prescribe Doxycycline for the treatment of Lyme. The doctor said he can not start to treat the Lyme until he knows if I am positive for Bartonella and Babebsia.
I would welcome feed back from people who have been on Doxycycline, even if you haven't, would also like feed back, thank you.
Doxycycline
Doxycycline is a member of the tetracycline antibiotics group, and is commonly used to treat a variety of infections. Doxycycline is a semisynthetic tetracycline invented and clinically developed in the early 1960s by Pfizer Inc.[citation needed] and marketed under the brand name Vibramycin.[citation needed] Vibramycin received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 1967,[citation needed] becoming Pfizer's first once-a-day, broad-spectrum antibiotic.[citation needed] Other brand names include Monodox, Microdox, Periostat, Vibra-Tabs, Oracea, Doryx, Vibrox, Adoxa, Doxyhexal, Doxylin, Doxoral,Doxy-1 and Atridox (topical doxycycline hyclate for periodontitis).
Indicated uses
As well as the general indications for all members of the tetracycline antibiotics group, doxycycline is frequently used to treat chronic prostatitis, sinusitis, syphilis, chlamydia, pelvic inflammatory disease,[1][2] acne, rosacea,[3][4] and rickettsial infections.
Antiprotozoal
It is used in prophylaxis against malaria. It should not be used alone for initial treatment of malaria, even when the parasite is doxycycline-sensitive, because the antimalarial effect of doxycycline is delayed. This delay is related to its mechanism of action, which is to specifically impair the progeny of the apicoplast genes, resulting in their abnormal cell division.[6]
It can be used in a treatment plan in combination with other agents, such as quinine.
Antibacterial
It is used in the treatment and prophylaxis of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax).
It is also effective against Yersinia pestis (the infectious agent of bubonic plague) and is prescribed for the treatment of Lyme disease,[8][9][10][11] ehrlichiosis[12][13] and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. In fact, because doxycycline is one of the few medications shown to be effective in treating Rocky Mountain spotted fever (with the next-best alternative being chloramphenicol), doxycycline is indicated even for use in children for this illness. Otherwise, doxycycline is not indicated for use in children under the age of eight years. Doxycycline, like other antibiotics, will not work for colds, influenza, or other viral infections.
When bacteriologic testing indicates appropriate susceptibility to the drug, doxycycline may be used to treat and prevent:
- Escherichia coli
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Enterobacter aerogenes (formerly Aerobacter aerogenes)
- Lyme disease, aka Lyme borreliosis complex (B. burgdorferi)
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
- Folliculitis
- Acne and other inflammatory skin diseases, such as hidradenitis - suppurativa
- Shigella species
- Acinetobacter species (formerly Mima species and Herellea species)
- Respiratory tract infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae - - - Respiratory tract and urinary tract infections
- Upper respiratory infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (formerly Diplococcus pneumoniae)
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
- As combined therapy when treating a patient for "Chlamydia Trachomatis" because up to 50% of patients will be infected with the beta-lactam-resistant strain of this bacteria.[14]
Experimental applications
At subantimicrobial doses, doxycycline is an inhibitor of matrix metalloproteases, and has been used in various experimental systems for this purpose, such as for recalcitrant recurrent corneal erosions.[27] Doxycycline has been demonstrated to reduce the in vitro growth of human breast and prostate cancer cells, possibly through G1 phase cell cycle arrest. [28][29] Doxycycline and other tetracyclines are also highly osteotropic, and in animal models of breast cancer bone metastases, doxycycline treatments have reduced the growth of breast cancer tumours in the bone. [30] Doxycycline has been used successfully in the treatment of one patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, an otherwise progressive and fatal disease.[31] Doxycycline has also been shown to attenuate cardiac hypertrophy (in mice), a deadly consequence of prolonged hypertension.[32] In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, doxycycline has shown to improve lung functions in patients with stable symptoms.[33] Doxycycline is also used in "Tet-on" and "Tet-off" tetracycline-controlled transcriptional activation to regulate transgene expression in organisms and cell cultures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxycycline