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Buckmastr
To save some cash I would just pull the treatment guidelines of the web and go back and ask for a RX. It would be hard to argue with that. What was his reason for not treating you in the first place?
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I contacted the head of Quad med and explained the situation.Along with forwarding him my research. He forwarded my internet research and picture of my foot and bite (if you look close the bite can be seen in the pic, in the middle of the rash) to a Lymes specielist who called me and said I indeed have a lymes disease infection and need to get on the antibiotic meds right away and sent the prescription and amount of the drug I requested to our pharmacy
Being a little proactive and watching out for ones own well being is the best medicine we have Let this be a lesson not to put all your faith into one or two Doctors. Do some research, ask some questions, take action man!!
Buckmastr
To save some cash I would just pull the treatment guidelines of the web and go back and ask for a RX. It would be hard to argue with that. What was his reason for not treating you in the first place?
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I contacted the head of Quad med and explained the situation.Along with forwarding him my research. He forwarded my internet research and picture of my foot and bite (if you look close the bite can be seen in the pic, in the middle of the rash) to a Lymes specielist who called me and said I indeed have a lymes disease infection and need to get on the antibiotic meds right away and sent the prescription and amount of the drug I requested to our pharmacy
Being a little proactive and watching out for ones own well being is the best medicine we have Let this be a lesson not to put all your faith into one or two Doctors. Do some research, ask some questions, take action man!!
Kansasdeerslayer
PMA Member
Sorry to hear about the infection. Good to see that you took matter into your own hands and got someone to act. I hope someone sits your first doc down and has a little chat with him.
NEIOWAARCHER
New Member
Sorry to tell you but the next doctor is going to tell you the same thing. I have Lyme right now. This is my second go round with it in 5 years. IT SUCKS. Fact is though they won't just pass out antibiotics because the infections that people are contracting are slowly getting immune to the remedy. Now being sick to your stomach and Flu like symtoms will be the last ones you get if you have lyme's. The first will be ache's and pains and also excessive sleepiness. Don't get to worked up. you'll feel those symptoms will before the flu like ones. Then they will treat you. Take care.
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Sorry to tell you but the next doctor is going to tell you the same thing. I have Lyme right now. This is my second go round with it in 5 years. IT SUCKS. Fact is though they won't just pass out antibiotics because the infections that people are contracting are slowly getting immune to the remedy. Now being sick to your stomach and Flu like symtoms will be the last ones you get if you have lyme's. The first will be ache's and pains and also excessive sleepiness. Don't get to worked up. you'll feel those symptoms will before the flu like ones. Then they will treat you. Take care.
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Neiow... Thanks for the info, but if you look about two posts up. I was able to get a prescription of the Doxycycline that I needed by going to a different Doc. Acording to the medical journal, and my new Doc, The Bullseye rash is what dictates the start of the Doxy prescription...
By the way, the 2 little pills the 1st Doc gave me to "shut me up" also turned out to be Doxycycline, and that was his biggest mistake... Cause if I were to just take two of the tablets and then wait till I am sick like he prescribed, the disease would of learned how to fight the Doxy due to the low dose.
Sorry to tell you but the next doctor is going to tell you the same thing. I have Lyme right now. This is my second go round with it in 5 years. IT SUCKS. Fact is though they won't just pass out antibiotics because the infections that people are contracting are slowly getting immune to the remedy. Now being sick to your stomach and Flu like symtoms will be the last ones you get if you have lyme's. The first will be ache's and pains and also excessive sleepiness. Don't get to worked up. you'll feel those symptoms will before the flu like ones. Then they will treat you. Take care.
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Neiow... Thanks for the info, but if you look about two posts up. I was able to get a prescription of the Doxycycline that I needed by going to a different Doc. Acording to the medical journal, and my new Doc, The Bullseye rash is what dictates the start of the Doxy prescription...
By the way, the 2 little pills the 1st Doc gave me to "shut me up" also turned out to be Doxycycline, and that was his biggest mistake... Cause if I were to just take two of the tablets and then wait till I am sick like he prescribed, the disease would of learned how to fight the Doxy due to the low dose.
NEIOWAARCHER
New Member
Glad to here you got some results. Doxy is what I was given too. Seemed to work fine last time. Not having much results yet this time. Your lucky though. I am one of the peple that don't get a rash. There are a percentage of people that will never get that rash and I'm one of them. So I had no Idea the first time I got it that I had it. They were treating it as menangitis case. Had the spinal tap and all. Anyway take care and hope your better soon.
bjkpharmd
New Member
I did a little research.
There actually is guidance for a one-time dose of doxycycline 200mg for a deer tick bite in an endemic area. This prophylactic dose reduced the progression to erythema migrans (red area) from 3% to 0.4%. I wasn't aware of that before.
IF though the red markings exist- you should go directly to treatment doses of doxycycline, amoxicillin, erythromycin, or cefuroxime for 14-21 days.
So I don't know what the ankle looked like when the doctor saw it but he could have thought it was early enough to use a couple 100mg doxycycline tabs.
There actually is guidance for a one-time dose of doxycycline 200mg for a deer tick bite in an endemic area. This prophylactic dose reduced the progression to erythema migrans (red area) from 3% to 0.4%. I wasn't aware of that before.
IF though the red markings exist- you should go directly to treatment doses of doxycycline, amoxicillin, erythromycin, or cefuroxime for 14-21 days.
So I don't know what the ankle looked like when the doctor saw it but he could have thought it was early enough to use a couple 100mg doxycycline tabs.
tmule88
Member
Hey if you push in the middle of the rash do you feel any pain? I have the exact same rash in the exact same spot on my left ankle although I do not remember having any tick there and its not painful when I push on the rash. Just got back from the doctor and he told me to give it a few days and if it spreads or gets bigger come back.
