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My smarter half is a Physician's Assistant. When I pulled a deer tick out of my thigh earlier this year, she gave me crap for going to the doctor for a prophylactic dose of doxycyclene. I neglected to tell her because I knew she'd tell me not to go.
She says (and most medical websites when I researched) that you aren't at risk for lyme unless the tick is in you for at least 48 hours. Me being the paranoid nut that's completely freaked out by ticks said "screw waiting" and went to the doctor for the antibiotics. My doc gave me a script for one 200mg dose of the antibiotic and after paying a couple bucks then taking the pills, I didn't have to worry about it.
Only bad part about doxycyclene is that you have to take it on an empty stomach and it can give you a wicked stomach ache... made me feel like crap for a few hours.
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