If your doctor is not familiar with antibiotic therapy, a protocol with instructions for prescribing this treatment success fully is available from The Road Back Foundation. Although tetracycline antibiotics have a number of medicinal properties, this therapy focuses on suppression of antigen caused by a microorganism. The antigen is largely responsible for causing your symptoms. The Intercessor, the Foundation's newsletter, provides many articles written to help you under stand your disease, antibiotic therapy, lab tests, vitamins, exercise, drug properties, current research, and much more.
Past articles are available online.
Free brochures with more detailed treatment of aspects of treatment are available from The Foundation. It is an excellent starting point for patients who want to know more about antibiotic therapy. Scleroderma, the first ever layman's account of this deadly disease, provides a unique view inside the lives of patients and researchers whose heroic partnership culminated in Harvard's Minocycline in Scleroderma Study and its promising outcome. Researching a local medical library or the Internet for medical journal articles about your disease can be very helpful. Medical texts and journals are always your best source, use them whenever possible.