Re:Lyme disease bacteria eradicated by new drug in early tests
by hhas01 on Friday April 03, 2020 @06:01AM
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“As far as I know, no one has ever demonstrated that Lyme spirochetes survive a course of standard antibiotics”
QFT.
While PTLDS is a real thing (being long-term sequelae to the original Lyme infection), be very wary of anything labeled “chronic lyme”, which is a common code-word concoction of “Lyme-literate” MDs/DOs, naturopaths, and other quacks for peddling their nostrums (including permanent courses of antibiotics; a great way to make anyone sick as a dog).
QFT.
While PTLDS is a real thing (being long-term sequelae to the original Lyme infection), be very wary of anything labeled “chronic lyme”, which is a common code-word concoction of “Lyme-literate” MDs/DOs, naturopaths, and other quacks for peddling their nostrums (including permanent courses of antibiotics; a great way to make anyone sick as a dog).
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/?s=lyme
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Bonus irony: GSK actually created a successful vaccine against Lyme 30 years ago:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/7/17314716/lym...
No prizes for guessing who destroyed that.