We are sure most of you have heard of Disulfiram at some point. We are not recommending this as a treatment, only providing information. It must be used under an experienced doctor's guidance. There is a group at the bottom of this post to learn more.
2023
Updated May of 2022 https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/antabuse-disulfiram-chronic-lyme-disease-treatment
"At that conference, Kim Lewis, leader of Northeastern University’s Antimicrobial Discovery Center, presented data on the relative effectiveness of different antibiotics against Borrelia burgdorferi in his laboratory.<1> Lewis was testing different pharmaceuticals against Bb, and one of the drugs he tested was Disulfiram."
"For many with chronic Lyme disease, disulfiram is a game changer. This is a medicine historically used to treat people with alcoholism. Ground-breaking research from Dr. Rajadas’ Stanford University lab in 2016 showed disulfiram can kill persister forms of Lyme disease."
"In 2019, Dr. Kenneth Liegner published a paper reporting on patients with Lyme and babesiosis who were successfully treated with disulfiram. Since then, an increasing number of practitioners have prescribed it for this purpose."
"Following up on previous results identifying disulfiram as a top hit, researchers wanted to perform studies on disulfiram in combinations with other antibiotics and additional combinations to determine the most effective."
"A team of scientists led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that disulfiram, an FDA-approved drug, prevents the immune system from producing toxic webs known as neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)"
"Disulfiram was originally discovered in 1888 and lisenced in the US by the FDA in 1951. It has mulitple pharmacological activities against varied conditions. It is most known as Antabuse used for decades as an alcohol inhibitor. It was discovered in 2016 by Dr. Rajadas and Pothenine at BioADD lab in Stanford Medical Center to eradicate Lyme in vitro and in vivo after testing over 8,000 FDA cleared pharmacological compounds. Disulfiram was #1. "
From Dr. K. on Disulfiram
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