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What is the best way to treat a patient with Lyme disease and MS? Answered by: Brian Fallon

There are guidelines for the treatment of neurologic Lyme disease. There are also guidelines for the treatment of M.S. A person can have both at the same time. Certainly, one would want to make sure neurologic Lyme disease is treated. One also however wants to make sure that the patient is taking maximal advantage of the many helpful treatments of MS that are available.

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Brian Fallon, M.D., M.P.H., M.Ed.
Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center  

Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH, is the director of the Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Biobehavioral Medicine and director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University.

A graduate of Harvard College, he obtained his M.D. degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as a master's degree in public health epidemiology from Columbia University.

He did his medical internship at Columbia University Medical Center and research training and an NIH fellowship in biological psychiatry at Columbia Presbyterian Medical ...
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