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The number of Nova Scotians visiting the emergency department for treatment of tick bites dropped by about half after the province gave pharmacists permission in 2021 to assess and provide preventative Lyme disease treatment, a new study has found. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Pharmacies Journal, showed pharmacists are able to examine a suspected bite and if confirmed to be from a tick that can transmit Lyme disease, prescribe the standard oral treatment called doxycycline to limit the risk of it developing.Emily Black, lead supervising author of the study and acting director of the College of Pharmacy at…
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