splusholia
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Panicking over a tick bite as I already have severe M.E.
Any advice, please? Should I take antibiotics? I have amoxicillin here.
Any advice, please? Should I take antibiotics? I have amoxicillin here.
Panicking over a tick bite as I already have severe M.E.
Any advice, please? Should I take antibiotics? I have amoxicillin here.
I'm not sure amoxicillin is the best ABX for tick bites, but I'm not sure. It's a fairly limited one, and not as strong as I'd imagine might be used for potential repercussions of a tick bite. But I really dont know for sureShould I take antibiotics? I have amoxicillin here.
I reluctantly took doxycycline, on the advice of my doctor, and then followed up with high doses of probiotics. No change in my ME baseline.
And no negative symptoms associated with doxycycline?
Personally, I have taken doxycycline many times, and the only side effect is a vague fatigue while on it, and for just a few days after. I have chalked it up to the temporary mitochondrial dysfunction from doxycycline:
Tetracyclines Disturb Mitochondrial Function across Eukaryotic Models (Moullan et al., 2015)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124715001801
Thank you for the anecdote + info, I find it very reassuring!