Dietary Supplements and Alternative or Adjunctive Therapy or Treatment for Lyme Disease


Lyme disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by a tick bite and affects humans and animals.


Table of Contents

Dietary supplements and Lyme disease
Web pages for alternative therapies and Lyme disease
Alternative therapies and Lyme disease
Resources for alternative treatments and Lyme disease
Adjunctive therapies for Lyme diseas

For more information on Lyme disease


Dietary Supplements and Alternative or Adjunctive Therapy or Treatment for Lyme Disease

Dietary supplements and Lyme disease

Advanced Topics in Lyme Disease - See Nutritional Supplements in Chronic Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease Fundraiser - NutritionAtHome.com - Carolyn Cramoy, M. S., Nutritionist.

Acidolphilus and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - acidophilus [in Title] AND antibiotics - 45 on 28 Jul 01
MEDLINE - acidophilus AND antibiotics - 161 on 28 Jul 01
MEDLINE - acidophilus AND Lyme disease - 0 on 28 Jul 01
FDA Search Results for acidophilus - on 20 May 01
Google Search: intitle:Lyme disease acidophilus - 84 on 28 Jul 01
Google Search: intitle:acidophilus Lyme disease - 3 on 28 Jul 01
Google USENET Newsgroup Search: acidophilus group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 336 on 28 Jul 01

Zinc and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - zinc AND supplement* AND immune system - 204 on 28 Jul 01
MEDLINE - zinc AND finger nail - 91 on 5 Jun 01
MEDLINE - zinc AND fingernails AND (leukonychia OR white spot*) - 3 on 5 Jun 01
MEDLINE - zinc AND Lyme disease - 2 on 5 Jun 01
FDA Search Results for zinc supplement - 28 on 28 Jul 01
Google Search: intitle:zinc Lyme disease - 26 on 28 Jul 01
Google Search: intitle:Lyme disease zinc - 16 on 28 Jul 01
Google USENET Newsgroup Search: zinc group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 85 on 28 Jul 01



Web pages for alternative therapies and Lyme disease

Cheryl's Lyme Alternative Remedies
Lyme Disease relief...without antibiotics
Alternative therapies and supplements - Anita's web page
Lyme Alliance: Links: Alternative Treatments
Paisley Place - CFIDS, FMS, and Lyme disease [and alternative therapies]
Treating Lyme Disease, Dr. Qing Cai Zhang, herbal therapy

The Integrative Treatment of Lyme Disease, by Steven J. Bock, MD
CDC: Imported Malaria Assoc with Malariotherapy of Lyme Disease -- NJ
CDC: Self Induced Malaria Assoc w/ Malariotherapy for Lyme Disease -- TX
EEG Biofeedback in the Treatment of Lyme Disease: A Case Study, Jrnl of Neurotherapy (1-3)4
Lyme Disease - The Unknown Epidemic, Alternative Medicine, May 2001



Alternative therapies and Lyme disease

[NOTE: Most of the following alternative therapies are not recommended by Lyme disease knowledgeable doctors.]
Colloidal silver and Mild Silver Protein and Lyme disease
Colostrum and Lyme disease
Heat Therapy and Lyme disease
Ledum and Lyme disease [usually for animals]
[Borrelia] nosode and Lyme disease
Transfer Factor and Lyme disease
Ultraviolet blood irradiation and Lyme disease

Colloidal silver and Mild Silver Protein and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - colloidal silver AND Lyme disease - 0 citations found on 25 May 00
MEDLINE - mild silver protein AND Lyme disease - 0 on 25 May 00
MEDLINE - silver protein AND Lyme disease - 0 on 25 May 00
MEDLINE - silver NOT stain* or enhanced, etc. AND Lyme disease - 0 on 25 May 00

MEDLINE - colloidal silver NOT stain* or enhanced, etc. AND (antibiotic OR...)-1 on 25 May 00
MEDLINE - colloidal silver NOT stain* or enhanced, etc. - 99 on 25 May 00
MEDLINE - mild silver protein NOT stain* - 7 on 25 May 00
MEDLINE - mild silver protein AND argyria or argyrosis - 4 on 25 May 00

MEDLINE - mild silver protein AND antibiotic or antimicrobial - 0 on 25 May 00
MEDLINE - silver protein NOT stain*, etc. - 38 on 25 May 00

FDA Bans Colloidal Silver Products, Cites Lack of Data, FDA Consumer, Nov-Dec 99
FDA: Colloidal silver not approved by FDA for humans, Federal Register: August 17, 1999
FDA Issues Final Rule On OTC Drug Products Containing Colloidal Silver, Talk Paper, 17 Aug 99
FDA: Colloidal silver not approved by FDA for animals, February 12, 1997
FDA: Colloidal Silver Not Approved
FDA Search Results for "colloidal silver" - 76 on 27 Jul 01
Alternate FDA Search Results for "colloidal silver" - 162 on 27 Jul 01

Colloidal Silver - Tick Related Illnesses Self-Help Alliance (TRISHA)
Anxious about Argyria? Curious but Concerned about Colloidal Silver?
Web Asylum - Colloidal silver [See blue Rosemary]
Rosemary Jacob's story page
Rosemary Jacobs Index page
Rosemary Jacobs colloidal silver FAQ page

Google Search: intitle:Lyme disease collodial silver - 40 on 28 Jul 01
Google USENET Newsgroup Search: colloidal silver group:sci.med.diseases.lyme-429 on 27 Jul 01



Colostrum and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - colostrum AND (homeopath* OR naturopath* OR alternative) - 27 on 20 May 01
MEDLINE - colostrum AND Lyme disease - 0 of 1 on 30 Mar 01
FDA Search for colostrum AND (homeopath* OR naturopath* OR alternative) - 38 on 20 May 01
Google Search: intitle:colostrum Lyme disease - 11 on 28 Jul 01
Google Web Page Search: colostrum AND Lyme disease - 485 on 20 May 01
Google USENET Newsgroup Search: colostrum group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 40 on 21 May 01



Heat Therapy and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - heat therapy - 74 on 20 May 01
MEDLINE - heat therapy AND Lyme disease - 0 on 22 May 01
FDA Search Results for heat therapy - 13 on 20 May 01
Google Search: heat therapy AND Lyme disease - 78 on 5 Jun 01
Google USENET Newsgroup Search: "heat therapy" group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 47 on 5 Jun 01



Ledum and Lyme disease [usually for animals]

MEDLINE - ledum - 9 on 20 May 01
MEDLINE - ledum AND Lyme disease - 0 on 30 Mar 01
FDA Search Results for ledum - 6 on 20 May 01

Ledum treatment -- Alternative treatment for lyme disease

Google Web Page Search: ledum AND Lyme disease - 136 on 20 May 01
Google USENET Newsgroup Search: ledum group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 64 on 21 May 01
Google Web Page Search: allintitle:ledum - 118 on 20 May 01



[Borrelia] nosode and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - nosode - 16 on 20 May 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia nosode - 0 on 20 May 01
MEDLINE - nosode AND Lyme disease - 1 on 30 Mar 01
FDA Search Results for nosode - 0 on 20 May 01
Google Web Page Search: nosode AND Lyme - 172 on 20 May 01
Google USENET Newsgroup Search: nosode group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 29 on 21 May 01



Transfer Factor and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - (transfer-factor NOT breath) AND (homeopath* OR naturopath*...)-11on20May01
MEDLINE - transfer factor AND Lyme disease - 0 on 30 Mar 01
FDA Search Results for transfer factor - 6 on 22 May 01
Google Search: "transfer factor" AND Lyme disease - 268 on 20 May 01
Google Search: "transfer factor" group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 53 on 21 May 01



Ultraviolet blood irradiation and Lyme disease

MEDLINE - ultraviolet blood irradiation [in Title] - 168 on 12 Jul 01
MEDLINE - ultraviolet blood irradiation AND Lyme disease - 2 on 12 Jul 01
FDA Search Results for ultraviolet blood irradiation - 0 on 12 Jul 01
Google Search: ultraviolet blood irradiation AND Lyme disease - 330 on 12 Jul 01
Google Newsgroup Search: ultraviolet blood irradiation group:sci.med.diseases.lyme-13 on 12Jul01



Resources for alternative treatments and Lyme disease

Google Search: Lyme disease AND homeopathy OR...OR naturopathy OR...-9,300 on 20 May 01
Google Search: Lyme disease AND homeopathy OR homeopathic - 6,000 on 20 May 01
Google Search: Lyme disease AND naturopathy OR naturopathic - 5,500 on 20 May 01
Google Search: Lyme disease holistic -vaccine - 3,710 on 5 Jun 01

Google USENET Newsgroups Search: homeopathy OR homeopathic OR naturopathy OR naturopathic group:sci.med.diseases.lyme - 245 on 21 May 01



Adjunctive therapies for Lyme disease

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment of Lyme Disease

Texas A and M Hyperbaric Laboratory Case Study on LD, Hyperbaric Services of America, Inc.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment of Lyme Disease: An Experimental Approach by Rita Stanley, Ph. D.
An Overview of Lyme Disease and Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy - Chico Hyperbaric Center
Lyme Disease Today: New articles and information - Chico Hyperbaric Center

Chico Hyperbaric Center - Chico, California
Hyperbaric Services of America [northeast US] - Lyme Disease
Hyperbaric Chamber Systems for HBOT Oxygen Therapy.

Google Search: intitle:Lyme disease hyperbaric oxygen - 55 on 28 Jul 01



cholestyramine (Questran)

A New Diagnostic Tool And A New Drug Therapy [Lyme disease]...By Ritchie Shoemaker, M.D.
Cholestyramine Study)
Interview with Dr. Shoemaker on Cholestyramine Treatment

Google Search: intitle:Lyme cholestyramine OR Questran - 16 on 28 Jul 01



For more information on Lyme disease see: Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease

Comments or questions concerning this page should be directed to Art Doherty.

Last updated on 28 July 2001 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
doherty@utech.net

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