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My dad gave me the name of an infectious disease specialist that is treating a friend's son. He says the son is getting better but doesn't know anything else like how long the son has had it, what the doc does, how many lyme patients he's treated, etc. I have an appt. with a LLMD that is 5 hours away very soon. I'm not sure what to do. It is a big burden for me to go 5 hours but I know they are willing to do what it takes. I've only had this disease for 5 or 6 months and have been on 200 mg doxy for 3 weeks and have gotten mostly better but think I need a little more doxy per day or additional meds. I will call the infectious disease doc in the morning and ask the Lyme questions but based on this info, what would you guys do?
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NO WAY I'd waste money on one unless I had just recently been bitten. (like within days)
About 5% of ID drs will treat Lyme long term and are actually LLMD's.
Did you get a list of names for Iowa?
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Post this over in Medical Questions and you'll get an earful of opinions.
The usual doxy dosage to beat the lyme in the early stages is 400 mg per day. You also need to be checked for coinfections; something the ID dr probably won't do for you.
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