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**gghrdfffhfyj** · 06-14-2011, 06:28 PM

They have been dog ticks, not Ixodes (Lymes) ticks.
You should keep 500 mg caps of doxycycline in the refrigerator. If you ever pull a tick off you and you believe it has taken a blood meal (i.e. tick is engorged and firmly attached, surrounding skin red and itchy), just take one 500 mg doxycycline PO. This is about 90% effective and a single dose has virtually no side effects. Original study was in NEJM.

I don't want to start an argument, but.....LOL First off it's not "Lymes" its "Lyme disease". Secondly one single 500mg dose of doxy isn't going to do crap for Lyme. 200mg bid doxy for a minimum 4-6 weeks should get rid of it IF caught early enough. Unfortunately I've been "forced" to educate myself on Lyme after coming down with a mystery illness after a weekend camping trip a few years ago. I could go on and on.... The IDSA treatment guidlines and info about Lyme are a joke. Just another thing we are being lied to about.

06-14-2011, 06:28 PM	#12
gghrdfffhfyj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	They have been dog ticks, not Ixodes (Lymes) ticks. You should keep 500 mg caps of doxycycline in the refrigerator. If you ever pull a tick off you and you believe it has taken a blood meal (i.e. tick is engorged and firmly attached, surrounding skin red and itchy), just take one 500 mg doxycycline PO. This is about 90% effective and a single dose has virtually no side effects. Original study was in NEJM. I don't want to start an argument, but.....LOL First off it's not "Lymes" its "Lyme disease". Secondly one single 500mg dose of doxy isn't going to do crap for Lyme. 200mg bid doxy for a minimum 4-6 weeks should get rid of it IF caught early enough. Unfortunately I've been "forced" to educate myself on Lyme after coming down with a mystery illness after a weekend camping trip a few years ago. I could go on and on.... The IDSA treatment guidlines and info about Lyme are a joke. Just another thing we are being lied to about.
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