Lyme Disease Treatment

Infusing for Lymies Download

Monday, January 31, 2011

Here’s everything you need to know about PICC line IV infusions in a free 58-page ebook. Southern California sister Lymie Linda Slocum posted the book online as a gift to the Lyme Community. You’ll learn steps and tricks that will make using a PICC line much easier than having to learn how to do it [...]

Medical Guidelines Based on Minimal Evidence

Sunday, May 30, 2010

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Thanks to the California Lyme Disease Association (CALDA) for this heads up. According to Lorraine Johnson, the CALDA Lyme Policy Wonk, two poster sessions at the IDSA annual meeting last fall stated that most of IDSA treatment guidelines, including those for Lyme Disease, are based mainly on opinion, not actual scientific evidence. Only 15% of [...]

IDSA Review Panel Upholds Lyme Treatment Guidelines

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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Looks like the battle for long-term Lyme treatment continues! Press Release April 22, 2010 SPECIAL REVIEW PANEL UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS LYME DISEASE TREATMENT GUIDELINES Short-term Antibiotics Proven to be Best Treatment for Patients Infectious Disease Society of America News Release Arlington, Virginia – A special Review Panel has unanimously agreed that no changes need be made [...]

Getting Rid of Lyme Disease

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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Early Stage Lyme If Lyme Disease is diagnosed within the first few weeks after infection and treated with antibiotics for long enough, it can frequently be cured. Unfortunately, there’s no general agreement on what “long enough” means. Most doctors prescribe an antibiotic for two to three weeks, four weeks tops. Often this is not enough. [...]