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		gknoy on Aug 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A shot to prevent Lyme disease could be on its wa... > 8 years of oral antibiotics Holy cow. That is a frightening amount of time to have to take those.

wildmanx on Aug 17, 2021 [–]

And a prime recipe for antibiotic resistance to develop.

If an MD prescribed antibiotics for that long a continuous time period, they should lose their license.

inter_netuser on Aug 18, 2021 | [–]

Did you see the scientific evidence of persisting spirochetes after repeated courses of antibiotics?

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.6280...

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