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Message: [QUOTE="Uconnfanatic, post: 3250125, member: 4150"] Yes the IDSA & the medical establishment push a 1 dose Doxycycline regimen if treated within the first few days of the bite. I wouldn't advise this approach. Lyme doctors typically recommend a minimum 28 days of Doxy 200mg 2x/day even if caught very early. Too often a lesser dose fails to knock out all of the spirochetes & a few months down the road symptoms return & now you are dealing with a far more established, tougher to treat, late stage version of the disease. The other downside of the one dose Doxy protocol is that it sends the immune system the message that it's all taken care of so no need to produce antibodies to fight the bacteria. As a result, you won't test positive for Lyme even if you have it because the Lyme tests test for the body's antibody response. So many trip wires when it comes to this disease. [/QUOTE]