A new study on Lyme disease sheds light on the persistence of symptoms; another new study points to an antibiotic that may be ...

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

Taking the antibiotic doxycycline after sex works well to prevent syphilis and chlamydia for gay and bisexual men, and trans women. It tends to be less effective at preventing gonorrhoea. DoxyPEP can ...

Common antibiotics include penicillin and amoxicillin. Doctors may also use azithromycin and doxycycline for certain infections. Antibiotics are powerful medications that treat certain infections ...

Doxycycline is an antibiotic that can be used to treat acne. As part of a group of antibiotics called tetracyclines, it helps treat acne by reducing bacteria on pores and by calming inflammation.

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and ...

An antibiotic that is commonly used to treat pneumonia rid mice of Lyme disease at a dose 100 times lower than the standard antibiotic therapy. This smaller dose, combined with the drug’s ...

However, high doses of doxycycline over the long term may cause many adverse events, including a disruption of the gut microbes and potential antibiotic resistance. Kristen Lo Sicco “When ...