Antibiotic Gel Prevents Tick Bite Lymes Disease Infection

[Cosmo]

Prevention is so much nicer than treatment.
Post tick bite treatment showed 100% effectiveness in testing.
Topical azithromycin gel prevents borreliosis resulting from tick bites -- ScienceDaily.
Antibiotic gel prevents borreliosis resulting from tick bites | MedUni Vienna
A New Way to Prevent Lyme Disease - The People's Pharmacy


"total of 1,000 patients with fresh tick bites were treated with the antibiotic gel within 72 hours of being bitten. Says Jilma: "None of the test subjects went on to develop Lyme borreliosis." Conversely, in the control group that received a placebo, there were seven cases of borreliosis."


Reported Cases of Lyme Disease—United States, 2015
https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/resources/reportedcasesoflymedisease_2015.pdf

Canada Reported number of Lyme disease cases
The Government currently has data for Lyme disease cases reported between 2009 and 2016:
•2009: 144 cases
•2010: 143 cases
•2011: 266 cases
•2012: 338 cases
•2013: 682 cases
•2014: 522 cases
•2015: 917 cases
•2016: 841 (preliminary data*)
Surveillance of Lyme disease - Canada.ca



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[GhostOrchid]

This is really encouraging news. Thanks for posting. I did just a little bit of googling and was unable to find any obvious source for azithromycin gel or ointment. There's a preparation called "AsaSite" that's used to treat pinkeye and requires a prescription. I'm going to ask my doc about it next time I get a chance. We always use hand sanitizer on tick removal sites, but have no clue whether it does any good.

 

[Cosmo]

I agree disinfect the bite site very well. I would use something stronger than sanitizer on the bite. No science behind that just want to be strong with the ticks!

The reports sound great. Time will tell
https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/en/abo ... ick-bites/
https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2016/12 ... e-disease/

I am not in favor of animal testing - but here are the test results using mice.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910720/
I am not suggesting you should make your own tick cream – however the above article describes about making the cream for the mouse test "Antibiotic creams were prepared with the assistance of a local pharmacy (Good Day Pharmacy, Loveland, CO). A 4% azithromycin cream was prepared by taking 3 tablets (250 mg each) and crushing them in 18.75 gm of Lipoderm cream". I read somewhere else human dose for ticks is 10%

Should we start smearing “morning after cream” after non-consensual dates with ticks? That is a personal decision we each have to make.

How to remove a tick (the sooner you remove it the less likely you will be infected). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27McsguL2Og

I did find a naysayer in the USA who flat our stated this won’t work, but they had not done any of their own testing.

For now you will recognize me on the trial – I am the guy carrying tweezers with his pant legs tucked into his socks to try and stop the ticks from crawling up my leg. This look causes female hikers to reach for the pepper spray when they see me coming.

I also carry one of those sticky tape lint rollers in the car to try and get any ticks that are on my clothing. I have not found any ticks on the tape yet so maybe this is an urban myth. But when I take it out everyone wants to borrow it. If someone renames it a Tick Roller they will become very wealthy very quickly..
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