Is doxycycline okay for people allergic to penicillin?

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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From: "Mary LaMarca" <>
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Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:34 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Lyme disease treatment recommendations


The New England Journal of Medicine published an article on recommended
treatment for early stage Lyme disease just a couple weeks ago. I work at
NIH and have employee access to the NEJM article. I would be happy to email
the PDF to anyone interested (although this isn't strictly kosher by our
government rules). I want to make clear that I am NOT a physician, and my
job at NIH isn't involved with Lyme disease research. Here's the reference:
 

Wormser, GP (2006) Early stage Lyme disease. NEJM 354: 2794

In this article, one recommendation for people with a deer tick bite is:

"Doxycycline chemoprophylaxis can further reduce the chance of Lyme disease
after a bite from an I. scapularis tick. ...