[sterlind]

Kary Mullis has some really weird beliefs, such as astrology and HIV denial. His work on PCR was brilliant but I wouldn't take medical advice from him.

That said, I think long-term antibiotics are appropriate if they help with symptoms. My dad developed an autoimmune reaction from long-term doxycycline though, so please do check in with your care team if you go the Farmacia route, at least for labwork.

[elif]

Agree I would never consider long term antibiotic use.. but in addition to the risk of too much antibiotics, there are many pathogens which can be dormant/suppressed for years, so there is also hazard to completely avoiding antibiotics for decades.. which is the defacto state many Americans end up in if they don't have a probably treatable acute infection.

I fear that risk over the risk of e.g. a 10-day course that is routinely taken prophylactically around the world.