LymeNet Flash: It's an idiot party- you are invited

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Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :

IDIOTS ARE AT IT AGAIN...

Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Apr 17

Adverse Events Associated with Antibiotics and Intravenous Therapies for Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome in a Commercially Insured Sample.

CONCLUSIONS:
Use of IV therapies or oral antibiotics for PLDS was associated with increased patient morbidity within 90 days.

Link Here
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29672671

Posted by BobG (Member # 39642) on :

They are asking the wrong scientific question. Shoddy science. What is the long term outcomes for treatment of persistent infection? Why can't we get the proper studies done? You would think that would be easy given all the recent data on persistence.

Posted by BobG (Member # 39642) on :

PS. Midwestern University College of Pharmacy. Never heard of them.