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"may be used to reduce the risk of acquiring Lyme disease after the bite of a high risk tick bite." This seems slightly different than outright 'preventing' as
by seltzered_ 4y ago
"may be used to reduce the risk of acquiring Lyme disease after the bite of a high risk tick bite."
This seems slightly different than outright 'preventing' as the title currently says.
- LesZedCB 4y agofrom another source: > The authors concluded that a single 200-mg dose of doxycycline given within 72 hours of a bite from an I. scapularis tick was 87 percent effective in preventing the development of early Lyme disease https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2002/0215/p714a.html https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2002/0215/p714a.html