hi, after reading this forum. i asked my doctor to prescribed me with acyclovir. today is my 7-day on it. today my tinnitus got much louder than usual. is it the effect of acyclovir? i also still take lemon bioflavonoid, L-lysine, and vinpocetine. anyone can share their experience? thanks
As you will see from many other personal experiences with antivirals, it is quite common for the symptoms to get worse before they get better. This is the virus putting up a fight against the antivirals. Antivirals take awhile to fully kick in, so be patient and stick to the highest dose until you find relief. It may even take a few months, but for most, it is usually after a few weeks.
Hang in there. When i first took it, as i recall, days 1 and 2 no change, day 3 worse but in a new way, days 4 and 5 glimmer of hope intermittent tiny positive change, and so forth. I believe it was a month before i claimed victory and that was maybe a 60% victory. That was many years ago. Today i am fine. Be patient and try to stay in an observant and curious frame of mind. I think you will like the end result. Fingers crossed for you.
thanks Scott Tom and June-. will continue the acyclovir. just to confirm, the dosage as in Dr Gacek's article is 800mg 3x a day for 21 days, follow by 800mg 2x a day for 21 days, and 800mg 1x a day for another 21 days? thanks.
It has been so long, i cant be sure. I think i took 400mg 5 times a day. My eye dr told me it was very important to spread it out evenly throughout the day. My dr and i were kind of winging it as too dosage at that point. Good luck. Also, if you can lay off the caffeine too.
thanks for the advice on caffeine. currently have cut down my coffee just a cup a day. will try to stop it.
Yes, but he says don't be afraid to stay at the max dose for longer than 3 weeks. Many folks have stayed there for months before reducing.
first diagnosed with MM back in 2013. been taking oral steroid and since jan 2014 was symptoms free except very mild tinnitus. starting Oct 2016 been having 3x vertigo, Nov 2016 5x, Dec 1x, and January 1x prior to taking JOH regiments and acyclovir.
Hi there, I am new to this forum and have only been a silent reader all this while. I was diagnosed with MD since 2014 Feb. my symptoms are intense itch and pain in the bad left ear, spacey, brain fog, annoying tinnitus, fullness. I was on acyclovir for 2 months in 2014 and did a candida cleanse. Eventually after 9 months my symptoms went into remission. Was complacent for 2 years till I have my second baby and everything came back. Went on ACV again for a month on max dose 2400mg and my mistake was that I tapered down and after a week and a bad viral flu, my symptoms are back again. Does any of you encounter tingling feeling down the neck, sometimes itch, pain and burn on that area in the ears and neck? I am back on max dose again and the spaceyness had worn off but the pain and mild full ears is depressing and I wonder have I became resistant to the effect of ACV? How long did it take usually for vast improvement to be seen after being back on ACV? Before I went on ACV this time round, it actually went onto my good ear and my ENT only prescribe Zovirax 1000mg a day and some steroid. The good ear recovered faster and now he would not give me more. I had to be my GP to provide a script for ACV. I wonder when will I be able to see the light of his tunnel? Had tried sporanox but it did not clear up as well as Joe the pianist. Am also on vinpocetine, L-Lysine, vit C, lemon bioflavonoid, B12, probiotics and garlic supps. Can u all kindly share, how long it took before u felt better after being on antivirals? Thanks heaps!
Resistance to antivirals is very rare. I would get back on the max dose until symptoms are relieved. Any doctor can script it, so try to find one who is willing.
Do u have intense itch as one of the symptoms? Or a tingling sensation on the side that is most affected ear?