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Are tick bites often treated with doxycycline?
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No: Doxycycline is an antibiotic that is used to treat some illnesses, such as lyme disease that are caused by tick bites. If a patient has a tick bite in an area of the country where lyme disease is common, some doctors have chosen to prescribe Doxycycline to possibly prevent lyme disease.
Answered 12/8/2014
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Yes: If a deer tick remains on the skin for 24 hours or more, doctors often treat with that antibiotic for lyme disease. They also may draw a blood test which is called titers, and this if often repeated in 1 month.
Answered 4/3/2020
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That is one: That is one antibiotic treatment that is possible.
Answered 5/26/2015
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