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There’s no evidence quick dose of antibiotics will stave off Lyme

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme Note: Canadians have got to beware of information produced by any members of the Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network (CLyDRN) as their information does not serve you the public, but instead serves the for-profit medical industry and their many components while patients struggle with a lifetime of disability and multiple daily drugs not intended to…

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CDC Endorsement of Single Dose Antibiotic for Lyme Disease Prevention Challenged

ByCanLyme Team

Advocates claim policy harms patients and violates HHS standards for information quality Washington, DC – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Advocates for Lyme disease patients are calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw its endorsement of single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of Lyme disease after a tick bite. A…

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Does single dose prophylaxis promoted by Canadian medical authorities work? The answer is no.

ByCanLyme Team

A two pill (single dose) prophylactic administration of doxycycline is being offered to Canadians who have a known tick attachment, in spite of the fact that experts warn it is ineffective in the majority of cases.  It is a dangerous practice and may drive antibiotic resistance within the many microbes that make up the human…

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Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Lyme Disease: How the Way of Reporting a Clinical Trial Can Alter the Perception of Effectiveness

ByTeam

Urba`Gonza´ lez, MD, PhD; Department of Dermatology, Clinica Plato´ , Barcelona, Spain “Comment I recommend the complementary reading of other commentaries about the applicability of this study. Shapiro, in an accompanying editorial,1 pointed out the difficulty in clinical practice to know the species, stage, degree of engorgement of the tick, and even the difficulty to…