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A member asked:
What are effective antibiotics for lyme other than doxycycline?
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Antibiotics: many, Doxycycline and Amoxil (amoxicillin) are first line
Answered 6/25/2014
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Many choices: Many other antbiotics can treat Lyme including amoxicillin, IM penicillin, oral & IV cephalosporins & Telithromycin. All these can be very helpful in Lyme of recent onset but become less & less effective the longer one has had it. I find herbs & nutritional supplements more effective in chronic Lyme. See http://www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/treatment_guidelines.html for details re: antibiotic options.
Answered 4/20/2018
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