IVIG and Xiflaxan: A Dr. Peterson Patient Improves
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Dec 2009
Summary
With severely swollen intestines, inability to eat or sleep without drugs and severe brain fog, he tried Xifaxan (which caused nausea and dizziness), charcoal tablets, pine cone extract and cat's claw, but reports no improvement and ongoing severe symptoms.
What they credit
Credits IVIG, Herbal and Chinese medicine, IVIG / subcutaneous Ig, Rifaximin / Xifaxan.
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