My 21 year old son has been sick with Lyme for almost 2 years now. My 23 year old son came home from hiking in northern Michigan and had taken a picture of a round rash on his foot. He was hiking on Manitou Island where 200 ticks were collected and 100 of them tested positive for Lyme.
I am now trying to get a Dr. to prescribe him 6 weeks of Doxy but his dr. would only run the blood test and I'm not even sure he uses IgenX. Any suggestions on how I can get him on Doxy just to be on the safe side.
Thanks.
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
He can go to walk-in clinics and tell them about the rash and show them the picture. Each of them will likely give him 2 weeks of doxy.
My husband's dermatologist gives 2 weeks of doxy if he goes there with a tick rash.
If he goes to enough walk-in clinics (like 3 of them) he can get 6 weeks. He has to not mention that he already got doxy from previous clinics. I would go to all 3 within the next few days. He can fill the first prescription and hold the rest until needed.
However, if he has lyme, the 6 weeks of doxy will generally not be enough to cure him.
Just know that a number of strains of lyme disease make a rash only and never go on to produce disseminated disease. That is from the book "Cure Unknown." Find it on page 344. (Book is available at the library.)
So, just because he got a rash doesn't mean that he needs any treatment. The problem is, if you just wait around and he gets lyme symptoms, you have lost the opportunity to get a jump on the disease.
So, if he happens to develop any symptoms, then start calling for a lyme doctor appointment.
Generally, a non-lyme doctor is not going to send blood to Igenex. It is going to be Quest or LabCorp.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
Infect Drug Resist. 2011;4:97-113. Epub 2011 May 3.
Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Excerpt:
. . . Conclusion
Antibiotics have varying effects on the different morphological forms of B. burgdorferi.
Persistence of viable organisms in round body forms and biofilm-like colonies may explain treatment failure and persistent symptoms following antibiotic therapy of Lyme disease.
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Liver support & Adrenal support is also very important before and all during treatment. Most LLMDs are well aware of those methods. -
Posted by Judie (Member # 38323) on :
What's the daily dosage for 6 weeks of doxycycline?
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Judie:
First, extreme avoidance of the sun is required when taking doxycline. Just be aware of that.