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Posted 1/28/2014 6:55 AM (GMT 0)
In my search for a Chicago llmd someone (not from healingwell) mentioned to me that Illinois doctors are only allowed, by the state medical board, to prescribe antibiotics for two weeks for lyme. Is this true?
If so, how do the good llmd's I've heard of in Chicago, like Dr. B in park ridge, treat?
Do they not do antibiotics until symptoms are gone?

any information is so helpful as I try to find the right doctor. I guess I could just call the Chicago doctor I'm considering and ask, but if anyone knows here that's great too.

Thanks!
Posted 1/28/2014 6:53 PM (GMT 0)
They would be talking about ID docs - and it's not the state boards that they are quoting, but IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America) treatment standards. Real LLMD's that have been trained using ILADS treatment standards will use abx for longer.
Posted 1/29/2014 4:24 AM (GMT 0)
thanks for the answer Traveler. That makes sense.
Posted 1/29/2014 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
:-) Unfortunately there is so much misinformation out there about these diseases and their treatments, that we have to double and sometimes triple check everything!!! It's really frustrating, but it's better than chasing something down a rabbit hole and then having to find our way back out! I even tell people to double check my information!! I can easily get things wrong too. blush

Keep asking questions!
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