Chicago Tribune Lyme disease still stuck in controversy, but there is hope The current Lyme treatment is a round of common antibiotics. For chronic Lyme disease, doctors prescribe long-term doses. Studies by Kim Lewis, at Northeastern University in Boston, show that some Borrelia form persister (dormant) cells that evade antibiotics, so the best way to attack them is pulsing (on and off) instead of continuous use of […]