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I am having a problem with my local vet and need help if possible. I have 2 dogs that contracted Lyme disease on a hunting trip in northern Wisconsin. I took them to the vet and received a prescription for Metacam which is for pain and inflammation and Doxycycline for the virus. Things were going great both dogs start to get better then all of a sudden they are back to the original condition. Back to the vet, for another round of meds. He tells me this will be a long-term antibiotic regimen and the dogs will most likely show the symptoms through out their life, I am ok with doing what ever it takes to make the dogs healthy. My problem is he is charging me $1.40 a pill for the Doxycycline and I can buy it on the internet from a animal supply house for $0.17 each, I don’t mind him making a living but does he need to make it all from me. Is there a vet on the message board that can help me with a prescription or does anybody know of another solution

Farmerwells wrote:I am having a problem with my local vet and need help if possible. I have 2 dogs that contracted Lyme disease on a hunting trip in northern Wisconsin. I took them to the vet and received a prescription for Metacam which is for pain and inflammation and Doxycycline for the virus. Things were going great both dogs start to get better then all of a sudden they are back to the original condition. Back to the vet, for another round of meds. He tells me this will be a long-term antibiotic regimen and the dogs will most likely show the symptoms through out their life, I am ok with doing what ever it takes to make the dogs healthy. My problem is he is charging me $1.40 a pill for the Doxycycline and I can buy it on the internet from a animal supply house for $0.17 each, I don’t mind him making a living but does he need to make it all from me. Is there a vet on the message board that can help me with a prescription or does anybody know of another solution

Lyme disease can usually be treated successfully with Doxycycline (100 mg twice per day), or cefuroxime axetil (250 mg twice per day), given for 28 days. I prefer to use doxy for any tick-related disease over other meds, because it also has an effect on every other form of tick disease also (ehrlichia, babesia, spotted fever, etc.) that might also be present.

You also don't need a prescription for doxy, as it is available over the counter in a product called "Bird Biotic" by Thomas Labs. It's labeled for birds, but you can use it on anything as doxy is doxy.

It can take several months for the arthritis to go away, but it will eventually go away in most cases.