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I removed a deer tick from my wife and the next day the doctor gave her two doxycycl hyc tabs (1 dos). I have read other places that she should be taking antibiotics for two or three weeks. She has the classic bulls-eye circle around the bite. Please send me a reliable website that could answer my questions.
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YIKES! Find another dr ASAP! She needs antibiotics for at least 6 wks and it needs to be AT LEAST 400mg per day. If she's a large person, even more...up to 600mg.
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The reason for the 6 wks is that the Lyme spirochetes replicate every 3-5 wks, so you need to be taking abx during that time to make sure you get them all killed out.
If even one survives, you'll be really sorry you didn't take meds long enough to kill them out and at the correct dosage.
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Hi Hosea the bullseye bruse is a Very good sign for infection of Lyme disease. This is a Very Serious disease. A few weeks of abx is not long enough. There are many people on this site who started off like you--and did not get treatment for long enough or strong enough-- I have had Lymes for 19 years now--I saw the bulls eye bruse--I did not know what I was-- You do- you are Very lucky- If you get good treatment --NOW-- you can kill it- Time is not on your side--we are talking days not weeks. If I told you what I have been threw over the last 19 long years--It would scare the hell out of you. Knowing what I do now--I would take doxicycline for 6 to 8 months-500- to 600 mg a day-- some may say this is excessive- but - if only one of these germs servives- It WILL ruin your life-- the side effects from doxi are Nothing compaired to Lyme disease. You do not want your wifes life to be like mine. Good luck to you--Jay--
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I have had Lyme for a few fews, so I would like to think I know a little bit about it. Yes, long antibiotic treatments can be, and usually are, required. HOWEVER, if caught only a few days after the initial bite, sometimes only 200mgs of Doxycycline is on the protocol. This actually PREVENTS the disease.
Here is an explaination from a website:
According to a new study, a single 200-milligram dose of the antibiotic doxycycline can prevent the development of Lyme disease--if it's given within 72 hours of a tick bite.
This type of treatment may be warranted for people bitten by ticks in areas where the incidence of Lyme disease is high, concludes an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. In 1999, nine out of ten reported cases of the disease occurred in nine states--Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
A 14- to 21-day regimen of doxycycline is already recommended for preventing development of Lyme disease after symptoms occur.
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sorry, my "a few fews" above, was meant to be a few years. One of my problems with LD is thinking lapses!
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