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===== Why the MP requires multiple years ===== | ===== Why the MP requires multiple years ===== | ||
- | The goal of the MP is to eradicate the bacteria that cause inflammatory disease. Many of these bacteria live deep in tissues that may be hard to penetrate with antibiotics. Others are intraphagocytic, | + | The goal of the MP is to eradicate the bacteria that cause inflammatory disease. Many of these bacteria live deep in tissues that may be hard to penetrate with antibiotics. Others are intraphagocytic, |
When patients first begin the MP, they may optionally use low-dose, pulsed minocycline to reduce patients' | When patients first begin the MP, they may optionally use low-dose, pulsed minocycline to reduce patients' | ||
- | Many of the patients on the MP, especially the early adopters, were very sick indeed. Some may have even been too sick to complete the MP. However, as the MP has been shown to induce recovery in serious forms of chronic disease, a number of patients have begun to use the treatment | + | Many of the patients on the MP, especially the early adopters, were very sick indeed. Some may have even been too sick to complete the MP. However, as the MP has been shown to induce recovery in serious forms of chronic disease, a number of patients have begun to use the Olmesartan medoxomil |
==== Similarity of the MP to anti-tuberculosis treatments ==== | ==== Similarity of the MP to anti-tuberculosis treatments ==== | ||