I began this treatment in hopes of trying to rid my body of this disease. My doctor who suggested this protocol did a great deal of research before teaching me about it. As his first patient on this treatment I have had to be I guess "his guniea pig."
On May 3, I began taking Telimisartan 80 mg. which caused some horrible intolerable flares in my body. I learned first hand to not take that much at one time. I then switched to 40mg 2 times per day. This still was not tolerable enough. So by the end of the first week which way May 3- 10. I was down to 20mg. 4 times a day. This was a much more tolerable dosing.
But we soon learned after talking to others who were on the Marshall Protocol that although Telimasartan is cheaper and in the same drug category it did not have any of the other benefits that Olmesartan had. I found out that my insurance would not cover Olmesartan but would cover Telimasartan, and since it was in the same drug class my doctor did some research and said it should be able to do the same thing.
Telimasartan cost me about $34.00 each month whereas Olemsartan would cost me $785.00 per month. WOW that was a huge cost difference so we thought we would try the cheaper one.
But once we did the research ourselves we learned from others on this protocol that we would be wasting precious time, money, and a great deal of useless pain and suffering by taking the wrong medication.
We also learned that Olem. has ingredients in it that protect your organs where Teli. does not. We also learned that Olem. had a great deal of anti-inflammatory medication that would help whereas Teli. does not. I knew after a great deal of research and prayer that I needed to get on the right medication and not try to do it with the cheaper one. I prayed so hard to be able to know where to find it both safe and affordable.
So the first week we searched and discovered the Marshall Protocol Facebook page. We learned where others on this same protocol purchased Olem. that was both safe and effective. With the help of my doctor we were able to order it and have it shipped. So I have been waiting for over two weeks to begin Olemisartan.
TODAY I was so excited to receive it in the mail today. I began taking it immediately. I have been taking the Telimsartan up untill today because of the serious issues that could happen if I would have stopped it abruptly.
I switched meds today and I have to say I was so excited to start taking something that could possibly get rid of this disease. I was so happy to start taking the right meds that I even took a picture of me taking the fist as well as all the meds and sent them to my family!
I know it sounds absolutely crazy to have done this but I felt like today was going to be the first day of my healing journey! I know I have some pretty rough days ahead and I know it won't be easy but there is one thing I do know that IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT!!!!
First one down the HATCH!!! haha
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