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( I ) Source: Randy Yaskal, http://unknowndisease.proboards2.com

Quoted from Randy's experience in curing "BUGS" as follows,

“For a quick answer the panafil and accuzyme you can use what you wish cuz its topical.
300 mg Lamasil once a day for three months if I can remember that correctly. 600 mg Erithromyacin, 2 tablets Septra DS three times a day for 10 days. Keflex..normal dose and normal mg that they haveisted.

The thing about this disease is you have to give it a wallop and hit it strong and NEVER use the normal dose of anything. You have to give it as much as you can stand and still be safe. No one has figured out the magic number of MGs to knock it out of your system as of yet.”

(II) Source: Greg http://www.morgellonsusa.com/Pg5.html

Quoted from Greg’s experience in fighting “BUGS” as follows,

"TAUROX was the answer!!!

I had been pretty much disabled for the past several years, not able to work at all, or minimal part time work, so I worked for myself. For about 5 months of 2005 I was on an antibiotic regimen of what many consider to be the "Schwartz
Protocal" of Septra DS and Avelox. The first 3 weeks was perhaps the hardest thing I've ever done in this life. Eventually, I got about 80% better, until things leveled off at that point. (Biltracide and Ivermectin is now recommended with the Antibiotics). I still had uncontrollable fatigue to where I still could not hold a job. I've tried about everything under the sun that you can buy at the best of the health stores. I have literally spent up to $60 to $200 per week at times for a period of ten years or more. I've tried it all, from immune boosters to endurance, from vitamin-mineral to adaptogens. They all last a few days and lose the results. Until a friend sent me some Taurox! I went back to work one week later!
..............

"Taurox" is guaranteed to reduce fatigue. If it does not work, their Customer Care People will do their best to assist you on a different dose, but if it still does not work, YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK.Taurox has been evaluated by homeopathic experts and is registered with the FDA.

CureImmune has recently lowered their prices, and I have spoken directly with them about Morgellons and Lyme Disease, and the benefits of taking Taurox.

Call Sharon now and use the following Code Number and because we are people "greatly in need," you get an additional 15% discount off of the price.

CODE # GV510BZSF

Sharon at CureImmune 888 4-TAUROX or (888) 482-8769 recommended order: TaurImmune PS (Premium Strength) and: TaurImmune Fatigue
"

(III)Source: TamTam’s posts http://www.crossinglines.net/postings_from_TamTam.htm

Quoted as follows,

"Sulfa Methoxazole/ Trimethoprim and Tetracycline and derivatives are suppressive but not curative.
Also azoles like itraconazole, econazole, micanozole are effective."

(IV)Source: http://hometown.aol.com/lavenderwolf/myhomepage/

FLAGYL 400mg (METRONIDAZOLE) is a good choice for treating "BUGS", as quoted as follows,

“As of today's date, January 1, 2003 there is no cure. People have tried all kinds of Chinese herbs, anti-parasite herbs, detox herbs, Qwell, Lindane, Permethrin, Nix, all kinds of scabicides, Colloidal Silver, Oxygen, Ivermectin, and oral Flagyl. Some people have been so desperate after trying people medications that they have resorted to trying dewormers for animals. Nothing seems to totally kill this thing. So far the three things that work best are oral Flagyl, Ivermectin, fenbendazone all in very high dosages and must be taken for long periods of time. But, none of these things totally gets rid of it."

(V) Source: customer service at http://www.cure-skin-parasite.com

Quoted from Q-Based Solution, PuraCleen and DermaTechRx “Collembola Regimen” at as follows,
“
Collembola Regimen
Antibiotics
The antibiotics that seem to work for the Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia are the following:
cotrimoxazole (septrin)
Ceftazidime
Timentin ( a combination of ticarcillin and clavulanate)
minocycline (not for use in children)
Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim(Bactrim, Bactrim DS, Septra, Septra DS) dose as follows 160mg TMP 800mg SMX PO q12h for 10-14 d
Cefepime(Maxipime) dose as follows 2g IV q12h
Avelox
Combination Therapies that also work well are:
ceftazidime plus tobramycin
ceftazidime plus ciprofloxacin
cotrimoxazole plus ticarcillin-clavulanate
ciprofloxacin plus gentamicin
These should give your doctor some choices in treating you.
Your Doctor will need to do a blood test to check for the Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia. Some people also test positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa or they test positive for Lyme's Disease.
The doctor can also do a sputum or rectal culture. They are testing for a gram-negative bacterium.
If for some reason you are having trouble getting a doctor to run your test or prescribe your antibiotics, several of them are available to order online at http://www.medsmex.com. This is a pharmacy out of Mexico that ships to the United States.

(to be continued)

Other Miscellaneous Information
1. To treat eyes:
Bausch & Laum Sulfacetamide drops ?3 drops 3x per day, one more time at bedtime. Feels like it burns, but it does work.
2. Use mud packs purchased from DermaTechRx 2x per day
3. Bath with Sulphur soap with lanolin
4. Always use Borax in laundry
5. All carpets should be removed ?Check with your insurance company, they may pay to replace your carpets.
6. All Cloth Furniture should be removed ?Check with your insurance company, they may pay to replace your furniture.
7. Note that it may get worse before it gets better.
8. A high protein diet is highly recommended. Example?Adkins Diet. Products that contain yeast and bacteria such as breads and cheeses can make your condition worse.
9. Sprinkle Diatomaceous Earth on your carpets, rugs, and your car and rub it in the carpets
10. Below are a couple of products to treat for internal parasites. It is highly recommended that you do this as the parasites appear to enter body cavities also.

21 day Anti-Para Parasite Cleanse* (90 capsules)
A gentle all-natural herbal parasite cleanse that promotes the expulsion of intestinal parasites from the body.* $19.95 US

Along with the antibiotics, internal cleansing of parasites as well as external cleaning needs to be done with our DermaTechRx products.
GO TO THIS WEBSITE:
http://www.herbalcaredirect.com/AntiPara.html?trkroi_campaign=0625F1D1-8CB9-A333-E41B-1A8099DAF23

Paragone - 2 Part Internal Cleansing System
2-Part Internal Cleansing System Natural Ingredients Traditionally Used to Balance Intestinal Microbes & Candida*
$25.59 US

Also includes a Internal Cleansing System for Children
GO TO THIS WEBSITE:
http://www.herbalcaredirect.com/AntiPara.html?trkroi_campaign=0625F1D1-8CB9-A333-E41B-1A8099DAF23
“

calling me crazy is not much appreciated, more a sign of ignorance. i have fought what was thought to be bedbugs. after putting many glue traps around the house i have caught thousands of springtails, which are near microscoptic. wondering how a "harmless insect" could intell such wicked bites, i did sone research. the parasite is linked to lymes disease and the springtail. if your family or friends were inflicted with such, your ignorance and apathy would be deploying.
regards

The disease can be treated. Check it out here,

http://www.be-healthy-forever.com/marc

safe2use is unreal, they are a circus of clowns, starting with art the fart, LINDA the owner, and MARC, whatever he is!

HELLO ALL MORGELONS SUFFERERS! First I would like to say I have not posted in a while. I have been very busy with my new business! Products for the skin, wouldn't you know it! My mother is a Morgellons patient and I am a Lyme patient. We were diagnosed in June of last year by an infectious diseases doctor. I am doing much better and no sign of Morgellons for me THANK GOD. I don't know how to even come close to sympathizing with those who have this dreaded disease. After my first round of treatment for Lyme, I accidentally drank after my mother. So far, so good. That was about 4 months ago and I continue to get better day by day with the help of anitbiotics, vitamins, herbs, etc. I have energy that I NEVER had before in my life!!! The pain that my "shrink", ahem, said I felt in my joints and muscles was caused from depression and "unresolved childhood issues". It is AMAZING to me how ppl can go through THAT MUCH SCHOOL AND TRAINING AND STILL NOT KNOW A DARN THING! This statement was in response to the fact that I told her I believed I may have Lyme disease and that that was what was causing me so much pain. Multiple x-rays have shown I have NO ARTHRITIS WHATSOEVER in my hands, wrists, feet, and ankles, which WERE severely painful sites. My pain has decreased by 90% since June 2005. My fatigue has decreased by 90% during the same time period. SHE, this doctor with multiple diplomas and ceritficates on her walls, was not willing to accept that I may have Lyme. It JUST HAD TO BE IN MY HEAD OR SHE WAS NOT HAPPY. When I saw her 3 months later, and reported that I had be diagnosed and was getting IMMEDIATE relief, she was severly taken aback. SHE could not accept that something may ACTUALLY be PHYSICALLY wrong with me. I did have post-partum depression. Needless to say, I have not returned to see her anymore. I need someone who LISTENS, which is what I THOUGHT HER medical field WAS.
But I digress.
My mother was getting soooo much better, and now, this has returned with a vengance. It is relentless in it's quest to inhabit her body. I will tell you, she went to lengths of "cauterizing" her open sores herself since no doctor would. THEY HEALED. AND QUICK. I AM NOT SUGGESTING ANYONE DO THIS. I ENCOURAGED HER TO STOP IT. I KNOW THAT SEVERE INFECTIONS COULD ENSUE AND THAT WOULD ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE. I don't think she could stand to do it again anyway!
I have watched her put "stuff", since we don't know exactly WHAT it is, on a gas stove eye and I have watched this "stuff" start to crawl away and literally jump off the eye away from the fire!
We have found one other person in our city with this.
CONTINUED....

When I carried information to our local health department, they just dismissed it.
Anyone who does not personally know someone with this will easily dismiss it. SUCH AS ROD. HI ROD!!! THIS IS WHY NEWS COVERAGE IS IMPORTANT. Most ppl will listen to what is on the news. At least they are becoming aware.
I wonder about DermaTechRX. I have looked at their products and frankly their prices are OUTRAGEOUS. I KNOW, since I have been making bath and body products for the last year, that this stuff is TOO HIGH. But, then again so is BATH & BODY WORKS. However, I am thinking of ordering a jar of that scrub because if I can get the ingredients list, I can make it myself for about $5 and that includes the jar. I have made something that does help my mother's skin, so I would not completely discount these folks. Diet does help, but can a diet alone actually CURE? That is where I would need "empirical evidence". Even vegans have heart attacks, cancer and strokes.
POST BACK EVERYONE!!!

"I have watched her put "stuff", since we don't know exactly WHAT it is,
on a gas stove eye and I have watched this "stuff" start to crawl away and
literally jump off the eye away from the fire!"


Jump-- collembola=springtail

this is what is actually bugging you
http://www.headlice.org/news/2005/august/tiny_bugs_wreak_havoc.htm

dermatechrx are only capitalizing off of this condition, their products DO NOT work.

"Jump-- collembola=springtail"

...YES...BUT, there also seems to be other "things" involved in this disease.
I see in a post above that apparently other "ickies" could infect the body in this weakened condition.

i s'pose it doesn't occur to you that the collembola could be causing all of these other "ickies".
Consider the FACT that collembola carry and vector numerous bacteria and one fungus--all of which have been documented to cause skin and other problems for humans. one of these bacteria just happens to be wolbachia, which is now known to be the actual cause of human filarial disease. I also suspect in the future, if this disease ever comes to light and is actually studied by the sceintific community, they are going to find that collembola probably also carry the lyme disease bacteria.
Research collembola and you'll find these things out.
It's not science fiction....you just need to think outside the box...but not too far out, because this thing is not some "alien" disease.

My sister-in-law is claiming to have this disease... she's 6 months pregnant and just alerted the family that she's been instructed by the doctor that after delivering the baby, she has to make sure she does NOT get sleep deprived in order to prevent this disease from coming back TEN FOLD. She specifically told me that the doctor said "you absolutely must get plenty of rest and not get sleep deprived.... even if you have to have relatives come and stay with you... "

Personally, I think she's full of sh*t... but if you have any knowledge or experience in this area, please respond!

Thanks!

Please view this website for more information regarding this disease: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons

There are three sources on the market for the information of curing as follows,

1. Dr. George Schwartz:
http://www.healingresearch.org/new.html

2. Richard's King Diet:
http://www.dstressdoc.com/skin-problems.htm

3. Paul's Protocol:
http://www.be-healthy-forever.com/

It's a disease that the SUPERBUGs Collembola Springtails live on parasites, most of them nematodes, creating fungal environments inside patient's skin. In order to get rid of those bugs, you need to exterminate parasites inside the body.

She needs to have both the blood test for bacteria and parasites and stool test for parasites, preferable at the infectious disease department of the university research hospital. Most of dermatologist and family practitioner doctors do not know how to treat this disease. And, end with a conclusion of “delusional disease”.

Support for Morgellons Disease.

http://skindisease.proboards50.com

Wish this thing were not real. I've had it for a while now and it has almost killed me.

Make sure you gargle with Listerine or some other antiseptic mouthwash. The mucous membranes are very important. I found a boat load of these things in my mouth.

Also, spray the area with some type of disinfectant. Do not use too many cloth materials in the house.

Please view "Lyme Disease A Look Beyond Antibiotics by Dr. Klinghardt":

http://www.healthfreedomsolutions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=60

GREAT NEWS, SAFE2USE is out of business. I heard they made an arrest with that guy Goerge Schwartz and Artie too. Those bunch of dopes!, THANK GOD FOR THIS, MAYBE PEOPLE CAN SEE THE LIGHT SOON. I KNOW MARC works somewhere else, and he is rather a nice guy. the new marc @ safe2use had was jerk!

Hoping none of you ever just have swollen eyes, joints, cough or lesions that just open with what looks like a hair. If tweezed out it is clear. Then when you wash your face the spot opens like a cigarette burn. These are all symptoms of "Morgellons"....

I am not into pain and do not run to doctors with rug dust. But I am way open to listening to people than you are.

I believe this is some sort of fungus like Aspergillus. This can be breathed in and it can infect skin and eyes. And you all are delusional if you think you cannot get parasites in the U.S. We have mosquitos people!!

If you ever want this disease to be taken seriously, then you better stop calling it morgellons....you hear that? that's the sound a doctor makes when he snickers.

Mr.SkinDoc, or (Mr.pimplepopper),
This is what is really going on:
http://www.headlice.org/report/research/index.html

Sorry man, they're not methheads, in a few years it's going to suck to be you.