The treatment
One dose.
Usually enough.
A single dose of a tetracycline, within 72 hours of a high-risk bite, is the guideline-backed way to stop Lyme before it starts. Cheap, generic, and at your pharmacy the same day.
Doxycycline hyclate, 100 mg
Take 2 capsules (200 mg) by mouth, once.
How the visit works
A real doctor.
No waiting room.
Start now and you could have an answer today — no appointment, no insurance, no video call.
Tell us what happened
A few guided questions — about the tick, the timing, and how you’re feeling. Around three minutes.
A physician reviews it — personally
A licensed physician reads your case, usually the same day. A real board-certified doctor, never a bot or a form.
Sent to your pharmacy
If preventive treatment is right for you, your prescription goes to your pharmacy the same day. If it isn’t, you get clear guidance and a referral.
Specimen № 01
The blacklegged tick.
The one that carries Lyme — small enough to miss, which is exactly the problem.
The method
Read from
the genome.
Every tick-borne pathogen carries a signature written in its DNA. We draw each one from its own genome — not a stock icon, the real thing, rendered to scale.
Six things a tick can carry.
Each one drawn from its own genome — read the plain-English story behind each.
The field guide
It was never
just Lyme.
One bite can carry more than one thing. We built a plain-spoken library of what ticks actually carry — the animal, the diseases, and what to do about each — rendered the way it deserves to be.
The physician
Dr. Adam Kawalek
Founding physician · Board-certified
Board-certified, trained at Brown, Mount Sinai, and Johns Hopkins. I've had Lyme myself — and I live on Cape Cod, where the ticks don't let up. I built this because I've been the patient staring down that 72-hour window, and I read every case that comes through myself.
Our standard
Every decision we make can be traced to the medical guideline it came from.
Dr. Kawalek reads every case personally — never an anonymous panel or an algorithm alone.
Every decision is on record against the IDSA and CDC guidance it came from.
Licensed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
See the full clinical standard — the algorithm & the evidence →
Questions
The honest answers.
Is this for everyone who's been bitten?
No — and that's the point. Preventive treatment is only right for a specific, high-risk kind of bite. If yours doesn't qualify, we'll tell you plainly and show you what to watch for instead.
What if I can't tell what kind of tick it was?
That's completely fine. We'll show you photos to compare, and if you're still unsure, a physician confirms it from your photo. Nobody gets turned away for not being an entomologist.
Do you treat Lyme disease itself, or "chronic Lyme"?
We handle the early, time-sensitive window — prevention after a bite, and a classic bull's-eye rash. Anything beyond that, including long-term or "chronic Lyme" care, we refer to a specialist. We stay in our lane on purpose.
Is a real doctor involved?
Every case is read by a licensed physician before anything is prescribed. Not a form, not an algorithm alone — a doctor decides.
Where are you available?
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Wisconsin.