Azithromycin Topical Gel
For Prevention of Lyme Disease
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QUESTION- Is Azithromycin Topical Gel Effective In
Preventing Lyme Disease After A Tick Bite?
ANSWER- No!
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You Should Treat The Bite
With The Full Recommended Course of Antibiotics!
Don't Settle For Less!
On One Hand...
Dr. Daniel Cameron (lead author of the good treatment guidelines) wrote an article on this topic- Azithromycin Gel Fails To Prevent Lyme Disease- based on the facts and actual results of the studies.
https://danielcameronmd.com/azithromycin-gel-fails-to-prevent-lyme-disease/
On The Other Hand...
In 2008 Shapiro and Wormser published that one dose of azithromycin should work to cure Lyme (as an alternative to one dose of Doxycycline). We already know the one dose of doxy theory is terribly flawed and has failed miserably.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18226504
In 2014 the CDC published that this topical azithromycin remedy was the hottest thing since sliced bread. Nothing since. That ought to tell you something.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24165183
Perhaps the push to get this on the market is the result of someone having patents on the product?
Additional Literature
(This product has been praised mainly by some authors in foreign countries.)
Schwameis M, Kündig T, Huber G, von Bidder L, Meinel L, Weisser R, Aberer E, Härter G, Weinke T, Jelinek T, Fätkenheuer G, Wollina U, Burchard GD, Aschoff R, Nischik R, Sattler G, Popp G, Lotte W, Wiechert D, Eder G, Maus O, Staubach-Renz P, Gräfe A, Geigenberger V, Naudts I, Sebastian M, Reider N, Weber R, Heckmann M, Reisinger EC, Klein G, Wantzen J, Jilma B.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;17(3):322-329. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30529-1. Epub 2016 Dec 20. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 21;:.
Prophylaxis with topical azithromycin against Lyme borreliosis.
Shapiro ED, Wormser GP.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;17(3):246-248. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30551-5. Epub 2016 Dec 20. No abstract available.
Pernsteiner J.
Kinderkrankenschwester. 2012 Mar;31(3):122. German. No abstract available.
Knauer J, Krupka I, Fueldner C, Lehmann J, Straubinger RK.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 Dec;66(12):2814-22. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr371. Epub 2011 Sep 15.
Lucy Barnes