A 66-year-old female asked:
my husband has lyme disease he had a reoccurrence with nervousness and stiffness on doxycycline 100mg 7 days. is that enough treatment?
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Dr. Martin Raff answered
56 years experience Infectious Disease
Lyme disease: Acute lyme disease must be treated with at least 3 weeks of antibiotics. Chronic manifestations attributed to lyme disease seldom respond to antibiotic therapy and are considered by many to be immune system mediated symptoms, perhaps to products of the spirochaete that have remained in the body rather than to active infection.
Answered on Jan 21, 2014
Dr. Randy Baker answered
40 years experience Holistic Medicine
Probably not but...: Acute lyme disease responds well to Doxycycline though lyme specialists advise 200 mg 2x/day for 30 days. If his recurrence is due to a new bite i advise that dose. If it's recurrence of previous infection, as dr. Raff mentions, this is a controversial subject. There is strong evidence lyme can persist (http://bit.Ly/1ffxjxl) but i feel antibiotics are seldom effective for chronic lyme.See comment:.
Answered on Jun 25, 2014
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Dr. Randy Baker commented
40 years experience Holistic Medicine
Provided original answer
Chronic Lyme (or Post-Lyme complex) is a complex problem requiring nuanced treatment & doxycycline is unlikely to help much. See http://www.lyme-disease-research-database.com/lyme_disease_blog_files/category-chronic-lyme-disease.html
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