The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with the Best of Conventional and Alternative Medicine

My wife has had Lyme disease for over 20 years. She was finally diagnosed a few years ago. In the beginning a book like this would have overwhelmed her... do to her "brain fog". With great treatment from a local naturopathic doctor she as recovered from being pretty much bed bound to 90% recovered. We have purchased several good books on Lyme disease over the last few years in order to have a better understanding of what we are dealing with. Plus, one must become their own knowledgeable advocate as you seek treatment. At first she wasn't interested in reading another "Lyme" book. However, as an RN she was very impressed with the amount of research she found here. Even after all of these years of learning she was amazed at the wealth of very helpful information she found in this book. She first chided me for spending the money and now she is making some changes in her approach to treatment (after consulting with her ND) based on what she has learned here.

There are some good features in this book-the author's explanation of antibiotics and the 3 types of Bb bacteria are things every Lyme patient needs to understand. On the other hand, many of the "cures" are controversial at best. The Marshall Protocol, for instance, requires lowering your Vitamin D to levels most doctors would consider dangerous. If you go to the Marshall forum website, you will find a place for "success stories", but none for failures. Other Lyme forums claim that anyone who questions Marshall's dictates are exorcised from the site by the webmaster (Marshall). Also: Rosner pushes Rifing heavily-that is, buying an expensive machine to give yourself micro-shocks that supposedly kill the spirochetes. Opinions on this range from pure quackery (never demonstrated to work in tests) to those who claim "it worked for me". In any case, his info on it is scant, he is upfront about wanting you to buy his $46 Rifing book to learn more. And if you want the specifics about the Salt/Vitamin C "cure", you need his $19.95 e-book. Another area of pure obscurity is the whole subject of "herxing". It seems that having a herxheimer reaction is pretty much identical to getting worse from the Lyme. How do you know if you are coming or going? There is potential for self deception; using a treatment with no proven effectiveness while your health deteriorates, and thinking you are just having a herx reaction. The author has an annoying penchant for excess verbiage, followed by repeating himself, and repeating yet again. There are virtually no footnotes, references, or backup for most of his statements, so you are left to just trust that he has done his research and arrived at the right conclusion. It's not a total wash; there are many ideas that are useful to educate oneself, and as the author clearly says, it's just his opinion, and each one of us must gather the puzzle pieces and figure out the best course of action. He claims to have cured himself of Lyme. I don't know how you quantify that with no test to prove it, but, if so, good for him. This book is another puzzle piece, not the holy grail. A good Lyme-literate doctor and time spent on the many Lyme forums is a good idea.

I thought my teenage daughter had chronic Lyme, despite negative tests. When I got this book and learned about Cell Wall Inhibitors (p80), I soon understood why the disease went so deep and was so hard to get rid of. It was due at least in part to a round of Keflex prescribed by a well-meaning dermatologist who was treating a strange breakout on half of my daughter's face. This book is worth the price just for the Cell Wall Inhibitor info and the antibiotic chart on p86 (tip: cephalosporins and penicillins are cell wall inhibitors). But there is more that is helfpul also. Excellent book! It was a long journey, but information is essential; you must become as educated as you possibly can about this challenging condition. (The other 2 books in my top 3 were Cure Unknown, Pamela Weintraub and Coping with Lyme Disease, Denise Lang)

There are so many books out there on Lyme and on the co-infections. I found this book and ESPECIALLY Lyme and Rife to be of immense help and guidance. There are NO quick fixes or bullets. You have to start somewhere and there is a lot of research that this book has already done for you. It is to me, a basic primer, the foundation, to get going on understanding a large picture. Other books that deal with oxygen therapies, that deal with specific lyme herbs are all part of this huge mix that is needed to get over lyme. I wish though I had purchased Lyme and Rife AT THE SAME TIME I bought this book, because it is Part Two. Both of these books have been like Bibles to me. I could not have gotten well with out either of these books. I found may answers outside of these books, but they were my absolutely foundational to help me. I highly recommend BOTH books. Lyme and Rife is also more than Rifing ... It goes into even more health alternatives, including antibiotics. I am so greateful for Bryan Rosner. Thank you for your work.

My 15 year old daughter was diagnosed with Lyme after suffering for 7 months. In and out of hospitals seeing all specialties of medicine with no result. An incurable disease Doctor finally ran the proper blood tests and discovered the Lyme. However, the medical community has no real idea how to properly treat this disease and after 5 months of treatment and antibiotics she is worse now than ever. This book has been instrumental in helping my wife understand how this disease operates and offers assistance in how to treat it. It was written by a journalist who contracted Lyme and was forced to live through the treatment and pain and all that goes with Lyme Disease. Don't hesitate to pick up this book if your life has been affected by this horrible affliction!

As a home heating and air conditioning contractor i have been involved since 1998 diagnosing indoor environments based on the health symptoms of the families and occupants in the homes. Allergies, Asthma, Bronchial, Respiratory, Copd, Autism, Fibromyalgia, and now Lyme disease. It has taken years of study while inspecting homes for indoor air quality issues to begin to see the connections between what is present in the home and how it affects those with health issues. This book opened my eyes to how crucial and detailed any chemically sensitive or toxin sensitive person takes each day to find relief and wholeness in their lives.

I enjoyed the book, but my functional medicine doctor decided that the Byron White protocol is best for now. It kills all 3 forms of Lyme. The formulas are full of powerful herbs. I elected not to be treated by antibiotics, at all. She has had me on colloidal silver for a few weeks now. It falls in the category of non-pharmaceutical antibiotics. I really can't believe that no one cares about Lyme disease. 2 million a year for research? Utterly ridiculous! I'm fighting mold biotoxin illness as well, and no one has knowledge of that, or cares about it either.

The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments gives a broad look at ways to manage Lyme and I enjoyed finding such a neat summary of several methods. This allows a comparison of methods without having to buy many different books. I have read several chapters and will review them again. When looking at any new subject, I particularly like a book like this to allow an introduction to many aspects of the subject without having to search out the many varieties of information book by book.

A very interesting and educational book on defeating lyme disease. I never knew anything about this before. What a great book! Thanks so much.

This book pulls together strands of knowledge about this disease into a comprehensible whole. It creates a vital resource for those suffering or even those who suspect they are suffering from chronic Lyme disease. Ultimately it offers hope and a future for sufferers by mapping out a treatment plan using both conventional and alternative treatments which if followed will enable sufferers to live their lives with quality or could in some cases even eliminate the disease from their lives. Detailed, precise, scientific and yet highly readable and accessible

Meiner Ansicht nach das beste und motivierendste Buch über das Thema, nicht nur kalte Fakten und auch nicht jammerndes sich abfindendes Mitleid, sondern ermunternd geschrieben wie von einem guten Freund um den Marathon zur Heilung schlüssig zu verstehen und so effektiv wie möglich zu meistern. Auch zu empfehlen ist sein erstes Buch mit dem Titel "Lyme disease and Rife machines"! Gute Besserung!

For somebody who has Lyme disease, this book is indispenable reading.You probably won't get 100% better without it. Most doctors don't know the half if any of the information contained in it. It is writen by a sufferer of Lyme disease who couldn't get any lasting relief from doctors, and had to do all the research himself. It is writen in an easily understandable way, and describes the necessary course of actions to be taken in conjunction with one's doctor. I heartily recommend it.

I liked the book but in the end there's only 5 protocols. The rest are 5 ways of dealing with diet, nutriments, food. Pretty useful but I was expecting more when it's quite general. So now I still haven't the answer or lead that I'm looking for.