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Having to take a pill every few weeks seems like a major impediment to use. I could see certain hikers or forestry workers taking these pills but for your avera

by voisin 3y ago

Having to take a pill every few weeks seems like a major impediment to use. I could see certain hikers or forestry workers taking these pills but for your average few weekends a season camper, this isn’t the right solution given the cadence with which you need to take the pill. What about the vaccine that was near approval a few decades ago?

objektif 3y ago
Taking a pill day before you hike does not sound like too bad imo. I would looove to be able to not care about getting red meat allergy while hiking.
alt227 3y ago
Sounds about the same as needing to take Malaria pills when going near the equator.
- voisin 3y ago
  Right, but the average person would go on a trip requiring these pills very, very sporadically. Imagine going camping or hiking irregularly throughout the year but needing to take these pills 20+ times? Seems crazy to me when there was an effective vaccine at one point.
  - happypumpkin 3y ago
    Ticks carry a lot more than Lyme though, and many of the diseases they carry can have long-term or life-long effects. Even with a Lyme vaccine I think it'd be worth it to take these if you're gonna be in a tick-heavy area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powassan_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powassan_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tularemia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tularemia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babesiosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babesiosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome
  - resoluteteeth 3y ago
    > Right, but the average person would go on a trip requiring these pills very, very sporadically. Imagine going camping or hiking irregularly throughout the year but needing to take these pills 20+ times? Couldn't you just take it a few days before you go camping or hiking each time?
- voidmain0001 3y ago
  I live in an hot spot of tick borne Lyme disease (had Lyme once so far) so I would have to take these constantly as I'm constantly outside and I'm not hiking or in the woods. Ticks are everywhere here and with the lack of snow this winter they were active during the winter too.
83 3y ago
I would love to have this pill available and don't see this as an issue. The ticks numbers really spike for about a month in the spring when they come out in force which is when I'd probably try to be on something like this. When spring dries out and turns to summer ticks are far less common here (Wisconsin) so you probably wouldn't be on it. Sometimes you'll get a little uptick in the fall but spring is the only time I'm really concerned about it.
cmrdporcupine 3y ago
Yeah I live on a rural property and I'd be uncomfortable taking something like this constantly through the season. So far I have success keeping the grass short, discouraging deer on the property (tick magnets), and keeping the (two) dogs on Nexgard. If they got worse, I'd get myself some guinea fowl to annoy the neighbours with.

by voisin 3y ago

objektif 3y ago

Taking a pill day before you hike does not sound like too bad imo. I would looove to be able to not care about getting red meat allergy while hiking.

alt227 3y ago

Sounds about the same as needing to take Malaria pills when going near the equator.

voisin 3y ago
Right, but the average person would go on a trip requiring these pills very, very sporadically. Imagine going camping or hiking irregularly throughout the year but needing to take these pills 20+ times? Seems crazy to me when there was an effective vaccine at one point.
- happypumpkin 3y ago
  Ticks carry a lot more than Lyme though, and many of the diseases they carry can have long-term or life-long effects. Even with a Lyme vaccine I think it'd be worth it to take these if you're gonna be in a tick-heavy area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powassan_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powassan_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tularemia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tularemia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babesiosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babesiosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome
- resoluteteeth 3y ago
  > Right, but the average person would go on a trip requiring these pills very, very sporadically. Imagine going camping or hiking irregularly throughout the year but needing to take these pills 20+ times? Couldn't you just take it a few days before you go camping or hiking each time?
voidmain0001 3y ago
I live in an hot spot of tick borne Lyme disease (had Lyme once so far) so I would have to take these constantly as I'm constantly outside and I'm not hiking or in the woods. Ticks are everywhere here and with the lack of snow this winter they were active during the winter too.

83 3y ago

I would love to have this pill available and don't see this as an issue. The ticks numbers really spike for about a month in the spring when they come out in force which is when I'd probably try to be on something like this. When spring dries out and turns to summer ticks are far less common here (Wisconsin) so you probably wouldn't be on it. Sometimes you'll get a little uptick in the fall but spring is the only time I'm really concerned about it.

cmrdporcupine 3y ago

Yeah I live on a rural property and I'd be uncomfortable taking something like this constantly through the season. So far I have success keeping the grass short, discouraging deer on the property (tick magnets), and keeping the (two) dogs on Nexgard. If they got worse, I'd get myself some guinea fowl to annoy the neighbours with.