RESOURCES

SUPPORT GROUPS

LYME INFORMATION

TREATMENT GUIDELINES

Updated 2008 DIAGNOSTIC HINTS AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR LYME AND OTHER TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES by  Dr. J. Burrascano
***Print these out and take them to your Dr. ***


Presentation of Dr. J. Burrascano’s Slides
, from 9/20/2008.

LYME ORGANIZATIONS

Bay Area Lyme Foundation

 

Lyme Support Network of Ingleside, Illinois


Michigan Lyme Disease Association


Lyme Disease Association
, (LDA)


LDA of Southeastern PA


Lyme Disease Association
 (order Lymes Times here)


Wisconsin Lyme Site
 (Information on local events)


Public Health Alert
(Newspaper with articles on Lyme and other chronic illnesses)


Better Health Guy
(Information on general health)


Global Lyme Alliance


Links about the Attorney General of Connecticut’s lawsuit against the Infectious Disease Society Lyme Disease Treatment (Guideline Authors and the new panel they are forced by law to put together).


Lyme Rights
(Website devoted to advancing the rights of patients with Lyme disease and other tick transmitted diseases)

TESTING LABS

Clongen Lab (Western Blot for Lyme Testing)


Igenex Lab
(Western Blot for Lyme Testing)


IspotLyme Test
by Pharmasan Labs


Forrest Health
(NeuroScience Test, Western Blot & Immune Response Testing for Lyme)


Pharmasan Labs
(Functional Immunology Testing)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The Lyme Test Access Program (Lyme-TAP)
A nationwide patient assistance program to provide assistance for initial Lyme-related lab tests to patients who demonstrate true financial need.


Lyme Disease United Coalition

A non-profit organization dedicated to raising community awareness about Lyme Disease.  LDUC acts as a mediator between doctors and patients, advocating for patients.  It supports training physicians in the management of Lyme Disease, and also provides some financial assistance for patients who demonstrate true financial need.


Lymefighter’s Advocacy Patient Financial Resources

A variety of information on filing for disability, air travel to out-of-state doctors, etc.

INSURANCE OPTIONS

Many LLMDs do not take insurance.  If you are seeing a regular M.D. and no longer have insurance, please explore the following links:


Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage


Insurance for Children


ICHIP
For Illinois residents denied coverage by traditional insurance companies


Health Alliance
Riders/Exclusions on insurance policies


Christian Healthcare Ministry

Cost-sharing ministry–counts as insurance for the purposes of mandatory coverage

PRESCIPTION SAVINGS

Rx Savings Card
Covers prescriptions your insurance refuses to cover


Needy Meds

MEDIA (TV, RADIO, FILMS)

BOOKS

Everything You Need to Know About Lyme Disease by Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner


Beating Lyme
by Constance Bean and Dr. Lesley Fein


The Lyme Disease Solution
by Dr. Kenneth Singleton


Healing Lyme: Natural Healing And Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis And Its

Coinfections by Stephen Harrod Buhner


The Top 10 Lyme Disesase Treatments
by Brian Rosner


Cure Unknown
by Pamela Weintraub