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Originally Posted by Lacy's Mom

I think spirochetes bacteria is linked to lyme disease and transmitted by a tick. What kind of an antibioitics did he put him on?

Treatment

No one single antibiotic will work against all cases of Lyme disease and the medication and duration of treatment is very much individualized. The spirochete has a long generation time of 12-24 hours in vitro (possibly longer in vivo) and may undergo periods of dormancy, during which time antibiotics will be ineffective against the bacteria. For these reasons long treatment periods are necessary to maker sure the spirochetes are eradicated and to prevent relapses. Drug concentrations may have to be increased because of the deep tissue penetration by Borrelia burgdorferi. Four types of antibiotics are in general use for treatment of Lyme:

Tetracyclines such as doxycyline
Penicillins, usually amoxicillin given with probenecid
Third generation cephalosporins such as ceftriaxone
Erythromycin and other macrolides given with chloroquine or amantadine

He was given amoxicillin