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i just got diagnosed with lyme last night. my llmd started me on doxcy 2 a day 100mg. i'm worried about how this med is going to affect my stomach. he told me to talk about 2 hours after i eat breakfast and and 2 hours after i eat dinner... i also have a stomach empting problem... so i'm worried about taking it. hasn't one else taken it or had any major problems with it?

hello and welcome. I was on doxy for about 9 months then stopped and now I am back on it. When I took it on an empty stomach it make be throw up -- but it I take it with toast I have no problem -- though everyone is different. This is a great site to find answers!

Debra

Doxy was rough on my stomach as well. I take it with oatmeal in the AM and dinner in the PM. I'm not sure if it is tht doxy or zith that keeps me on the toilet all the damn time. Defintely did not work on an empty stomach...made me gag and vomit as well. And herx...its a bitch but i have gotten significantly better over the months. Good luck to you!

I'll tell ya what does the trick for me..as I am currently taking it. I was rx'd doxy 100 mg 2x's a day for a infection and I eat nuts...eat them until I am satisfied and then take the doxy afterward or in the middle...I also take it in the middle of a meal in the evening...It still makes my stomach ache..sharp twisting pains in the stomach itself but that's about it! Other than the herx I now know I had during the first 5 days..I couldn't walk a straight line..I was VERY dizzy and could not hold a conversation I was so fogged. My left foot is numb...but my fatigue is now getting better after a little more than a week on it.

ok so this my second day taking the doxcy. Could i be herxing already?

i'm shakey, my stomach hurt, i'm dizzy and lightheaded or could this be a bad reaction?

I had a very bad herx on the doxy right away. I became very shaky, dizzy, tingling, arthritic pain, pressure in my head, aniety, even inside my bones hurt...etc I would say your having a herx, try to detox a lot. The doxy is killing the bacteria and you need to flush the toxins out.

how do you detox?

There are detox kits some people use. Also, some use charcoal, but that absorbs a lot of stuff so I avoid that because I pay enough for the meds no need for them to be absorbed too. Mundipur is a detox that is a liquid that I was recently put on by my LLMD because I was breaking out in a toxin rash. Another way is to drink lots and lots of water preferably with lemon so that you can reduce the brain fog too.

Hope this helps. I'm sure I didn't cover half of the methods out there but this is a start.

I thought you weren't suppose to eat when you take doxy.

Does it still work as well if you take it at the sametime you eat?

DJ713

Hi I was wrongly informed also on how to take Doxy. I was told by my pharmacist not to eat and was so sick. Doxy is to be taken with food but no dairy products, also no products containing calcium or magnesium. Be sure also to wear sunscreen and be careful out in the sunshine, okay. Good luck, Nancy