DOXYCYCLINE Reviews (DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (34 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DOXYCYCLINE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DOXYCYCLINE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sinus infection | Dr told me to quit day 5. So dizzy, felt like i was floating. Nausea, diarrhea, rash. Intense pressure in my head. Throat and ear pressure. Did not have this severe in symptoms before starting medication. Off of it 1 days, slowly getting better. | F | 48 | 7 days 100 1X day | 10/3/2019 | 4 | Chest Infection | Vomiting on first day if taking. Nausea and loss of appetite. Pressure headaches, tinnitus, diarrhoea, tummy cramps, fatigue - basically felt like I was being poisoned, but had to persevere as this was my 2nd course of AB’. | Drink plenty, don’t eat dairy and don’t lie down after taking meds. | 60 | 7 days 100 | 3/13/2019 | 1 | Sinus | Day one was a double dose , that afternoon I had a weird warm sensation go thru my body and lasted about 2 minutes and become very anxious . This kept happening for the next two days . I ended up at the emergency unit and was going to have an MRI but I was to anxious to have it . I stopped taking them yesterday after day 3 . I feel a lot better today but still having some of the symptoms so not worth it !!! | Don’t take it !!! | F | 45 | 3 days 100mg | 8/31/2018 | 1 | Kidney infection | Severe headaches severe nausea chest pain stomach pain that radiates to my back | Can't wait to stop this because I feel like I'm going to die. Never again. | F | 64 | 7 days 100 mg x2 | 2/27/2018 | 5 | pneumonia | Mild stomach upset.pretty severe headache immediately after taking, but I do suffer from migraines, so lots of things set me off. It may cause stomach uset, but if you take with plenty of food and water you should be okay. | I felt better within 3 hours of starting after being sick for 2 weeks. It's a strong antibiotic. | F | 55 | 5 days 100 | 9/15/2017 | 1 | Sinusitus | Severe acid reflux, stabbing stomach and esophagus pain that wakened me at 2 am and kept me awake all night in pain. No sleep at all. Constant burning in upper abdomen. | I took this with a full meal of chicken, rice, beans and 16 oz water at 3pm. So to be wakened at 2am in severe pain is a huge concern. I followed all the guidelines to minimize side effects and still had a horrible reaction.usually after 4 days on antibiotic you feel a little better. This stuff had zero effect on my month long sinus infection. Stopping this monster today. Hoping for relief and sleep by tonight as I take probiotics and Zantac. Get a different antibiotic! | F | 40 | 4 days 100 2X day | 2/2/2015 | 5 | chronic Lyme | Nausea/vomiting if I didn't take it with food; dry skin; sun sensitivity and severe sunburn if I wasn't careful. | I have found this to be a very satisfactory long-term medication, being easy to take, cheap, and safe, and covered by insurance. It didn't cure the Lyme disease but keeps it under control so symptoms are minimal. I call it "maintenance" therapy. | F | 67 | 23 years 200mg 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 3 | Lyme Disease | Nausea, which was helped if I took the pill with some rice. | The side effects of the doxy itself were tolerable; I didn't have any of the vomiting or diarrhea that a lot of people tend to get, but I did have a Herxheimer reaction from its effect on the Lyme in the second week of treatment---I could not eat, and could barely move, couldn't get out of bed for an entire week. However, after that week I started to feel a lot better and I definitely feel better than before I started the doxy. | F | 22 | 30 days | 4/6/2008 | 4 | Hydradentis supurlativa | Itchy skin, stomac problems | Cleared up facial acne and armpit infection but has not helped with HS in other places. | F | 37 | 9 months | 1/15/2008 | 4 | chronic Lyme Disease | lots of nausea and occasional vomiting, occasionally took over the counter anti-nausea meds- helped. You have to take it with food! I also got sun sensitivity, which was pretty bad towards the end- I usually dont' sunburn easily, and this was bad enough to be annoying. | It worked very, very well for my chronic Lyme- I went from disabled to highly functional in two months (the treatment takes much longer than that or you will relapse, see www.ILADS.org for more information on proper treatment). I eventually had to switch to azithromycin and then herbal treatments because of the nausea/vomiting, but I would go back on doxy if necessary as the nausea was less of a problem than some other antibiotic side effects. This is the least serious of the antibiotics side effects I've felt while having Lyme. Some Lyme patients experience a temporary worsening of symptoms- a Herxheimer reaction- which is not a side effect but is caused by dying bacteria, explained at the ILADS treatment guidelines website. Other patients may need different antibiotic for their chronic Lyme or a combination, however, no one antibiotic helps everyone with this condition. Long term treatments (even years) usually put it into remission. | F | 35 | 90 days | 5/20/2007 | 4 | chronic Lyme Disease | I already described my experience but forgot to add that it's critical to not lie down for at least half an hour after taking this antibiotic or the nausea is worse, and it can irritate the esophagus, both of which I experienced. | F | 35 | | 5/20/2007 | 1 | Acne | Esophagitis, anxiety | Be careful when taking this medicine. Be sure to drink with at least 8 oz of water and DO NOT lie down after taking this. I made the mistake of going to bed immediately after taking it one night. I have not been able to eat for two days! Major pain in my chest and back when I swallow food! It's a great antibiotic but the side effects aren't worth it | F | 26 | 14 days | 4/26/2007 | 5 | acne | none | F | 28 | 3 days | 4/13/2007 | 1 | bronchitis | headache,nervousness | F | 25 | 5 days | 6/23/2006 |