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Maggie Think of Me's avatar

It is the ONLY antibiotic that got the bug after my BIL nearly died. He's had a whipple... When his doc up north had him stop it, he was back in the hospital in 5 days...

I do indeed agree, it is only for rare situations! And only with precautions!

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I have known people who take it after a tick bite.

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Fla Mom's avatar

Doxycycline is the norm for what to take after a tick bite.

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Truthseeker's avatar

And doxy is being linked to suicides in kids who are put on it for acne- spread the word

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888527/

There’s a little bit of poison in every medication.

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Fla Mom's avatar

The regimen with which I'm familiar for prevention of Lyme after a tick bite is a single 200 mg dose.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11450675/

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