Lyme retreatment guidance may be flawed

Posted August 30th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

A new statistical review calls into question studies that have been taken as proof that antibiotic retreatment for chronic Lyme disease is futile. That misunderstanding has led to medical guidance that discourages retreatment and insurance coverage for it. Instead, the authors of the review suggest, the proper reading of the studies and their data is that they prove nothing.

Comments are closed.