The treatment for Lyme disease depends on when it is diagnosed. It also depends on if there are any complications. In all stages, medicines are used. Medicines will eliminate the disease or ease the symptoms and complications.

Treatment involves the following:

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Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, et al. Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021;73(1):1-9.

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Lyme disease treatment. Lyme Disease website. Available at: https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-basics/lyme-disease/treatment. Accessed November 15, 2021.

Treatment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/treatment/index.html. Accessed November 15, 2021.

Last reviewed November 2021 by Medical Review Board David L. Horn, MD