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(medicine, informal) To experience a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment..
These usually last for several hours, and require little more than aspirin and bed rest. Yet many Lyme newsgroup participants write about a "herx" beginning days or weeks after the start of antibiotic therapy, and "herxing" for weeks at a time -- often in a cyclic fashion.
When using any antimicrobial against any Lyme-like infection, most patients will herx at some stage.
Has anyone else herxed intensely even on low dose fenben? I started with 150mg and herxed, backed down to 70mg and still herxed along with my 100mg doxy.
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Herx means (medicine, informal) To experience a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, a negative reaction to antibiotic treatment..
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These usually last for several hours, and require little more than aspirin and bed rest. Yet many Lyme newsgroup participants write about a "herx" beginning days or weeks after the start of antibiotic therapy, and "herxing" for weeks at a time -- often in a cyclic fashion.
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