Doctors to reassess antibiotics for 'chronic Lyme' disease
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 17:14
in Health & Medicine
(AP) -- Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say there's no evidence long-term antibiotics can cure "chronic Lyme" disease - or even that such a condition exists.
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