QUESTION...
Why Are IDSA Doctors Only Prescribing A
Why Are IDSA Doctors Only Prescribing A
Short Term Course of Doxycycline?
Short Term Course of Doxycycline?
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As Explained By Raymond Dattwyler
(Coauthor of the 2000 and 2006 IDSA Lyme Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines)
QUOTE- "As far as duration of therapy, as Janet said, two to four weeks has been the standard, so usually three weeks seems to have been adopted, although I think that is somewhat arbitrary."
In the offical FDA transcript (linked below) Dattwyler admitted the duration of antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease was not based on clinical trials or science. They just made it up.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION- ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. 64TH MEETING. GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS ON DEVELOPING ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL INDICATIONS
Thursday, July 30, 1998 8:10 a.m. MILLER REPORTING COMPANY, INC.
507 C Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 546-6666
Link to Full Transcripthttp://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/98/transcpt/3435t2.pdf
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