Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Prophylactic antibiotics is a poor option. Tick bite and subsequent Lyme disease is a relatively low odds event. However overuse of antibiotics is a real problem, and a poor trade off.
Odds are it won't buy you much in the way of prevention or lower doses later, because dosing to treat Lyme is pretty high and no reasonable doctor is going to do that unless necessary.
The CDC only suggests a prophylactic dose in certain cases: ie. if the tick has been feeding for more than 36 hours.
www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases When I am home I can talk to my doctor about a tick bite. But what does one do if you have a tick bite while on tour in a region that is underserved by doctors?