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Had to take doxycycline for 2 weeks after a tick bite. Man does that stuff destroy your digestive system. 7 years ago was on a date, just casually walking down

by cududa 4y ago

Had to take doxycycline for 2 weeks after a tick bite. Man does that stuff destroy your digestive system. 7 years ago was on a date, just casually walking down the street. Coughed a couple times for no particular reason but my doxycycline lined stomach didn’t like that and boom projectile vomiting. Luckily he thought it was funny/ felt bad for me.

cvccvroomvroom 4y ago
Before any round of antibiotics, healthcare ought to collect a fecal sample for subsequent fecal transplantation. The carpet bombing of the GI with antibotics and reestablishment shouldn't be left to chance since something bad might develop or lack beneficial strains.
abakker 4y ago
it sucks. I've done the full courses a few times for tick bites. it is just very very hard to tolerate.
- scotty79 4y ago
  I guess that depends on the person susceptibility to side effect. I had 3 weeks of doxycycline for unidentifiable bug bite and I didn't notice any side effects.
Nick87633 4y ago
That's awful. I did a two week course but had no adverse effects.
bregma 4y ago
I had treatment 100 mg 21 days BID for borreliosis and was careful to always take with a full glass of water, as directed. Only noticeable side effect was affect changes. 9/7 would take that drug again.
- erisinger 4y ago
  Can you elaborate on affect changes? I had a similar regimen and experienced a weird sense of mental clarity and sociability for a couple of weeks after. Never have figured out what the mechanism was.
  - bregma 4y ago
    Positive affect changes are a noted possible side effect. The mechanism is unknown. Some scientists believe it's the direct action of the drug on the brain, but others believe it has something to do with altering the natural intestinal flora and a vague "gut-brain connection". It's an area of research waiting to be tackled. I wasn't going to complain about feeling better than normal, only a little disappointed after the scrip ran out.
    - lostlogin 4y ago
      > the scrip ran out. Assuming that was written intentionally, I had no idea that this was a word, and that this was a usage. I’ve learned something.
      - jrumbut 4y ago
        It should be "script" I believe, short for "prescription". Scrip is a word, but its meaning is different and it's close to archaic.
        waqf 4y ago
        Interesting, why do you perceive that "scrip" cannot be short for "prescription" whereas "script" can be? FWIW, Wiktionary lists both: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrip#Etymology_4 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrip#Etymology_4
        WalterGR 4y ago
        People in medicine use "scrip" to mean "prescription" when speaking to others in the field.
Jorge1o1 4y ago
I feel you man. I took it for acne for like 3 or so months, and every morning it was a daily battle not to puke my guts out. It didn’t work btw, and I ended up needing accutane, which left my lips ravaged and bleeding for a year.
- orangepurple 4y ago
  The sad part is your acne might have been completely fixed solely through dietary intervention.
  - jmt_ 4y ago
    Maybe. But severe/cystic acne and the like are rarely solved so simply by dietary intervention. If the acne was so bad as to warrant an Accutane prescription, then my guess is that diet would not have helped much. Accutane can take a large toll on the body but is often one of the most effective tools in eradicating acne long term for those so strongly impacted.
    - orangepurple 4y ago
      Cystic acne is often, but not always, caused by a reaction to a dietary ingredient. Fasting a full day between meals can also often resolve cases. I will not reach for drugs until I have done everything I can in good faith with food and meal timing (24 hours between meals).
      - jmt_ 4y ago
        > I will not reach for drugs until I have done everything I can in good faith with food and meal timing This is a great approach and I don't want to discourage it, but there's a spectrum of cystic acne. Honestly, I'm basing my comments more off personal experience (different people close to me have used Accutane), but I'm not sure how often diet is the cause of (non-simple) cystic acne, although, granted, I'm by default thinking of the more extreme cases. I had a single cyst under my cheek for a semester that dissolved on it's own - never considered Accutane for such a mild cyst. On the other hand, a close associate of mine developed severe cystic acne after being prescribed and using different birth control medicines. The symptoms not only continued, but got worse, well after ceasing these medications. No diet change was going to fix this - Accutane changed this persons life. After going to a few doctors seeking treatment, they were hesitant to prescribe Accutane to this person unless there were no other options. From what I've read online and stories I've heard from this person, this seems to be the norm - if you get prescribed Accutane (withholding doctors who jump straight to medication), you likely have a non-trivial case of acne that won't be reduced by say eating less chocolate. It's like treating depression - some people are able to solve other issues in their life that improve the depression tremendously, and other people have certain brain chemistry imbalances that make this process impossible _until_ they're treated with anti-depressants.
bladegash 4y ago
Interesting! Took doxy for months at a time, with a year being the longest ever taken it. The US military uses it as Malaria prophylaxis, so can end up taking it for a pretty significant amount of time. Never really had an side effects I can recall, but was in my early 20s at the time as well.
- saalweachter 4y ago
  Do you recall the doseage?
  - bladegash 4y ago
    Unfortunately I don’t - it was over a decade ago at this point. They were pretty large blue/turquoise gel capsules though.
AngryData 4y ago
Interesting, when I took it I had zero side effects other than curing the infection.

by cududa 4y ago

cvccvroomvroom 4y ago

Before any round of antibiotics, healthcare ought to collect a fecal sample for subsequent fecal transplantation. The carpet bombing of the GI with antibotics and reestablishment shouldn't be left to chance since something bad might develop or lack beneficial strains.

abakker 4y ago

it sucks. I've done the full courses a few times for tick bites. it is just very very hard to tolerate.

scotty79 4y ago
I guess that depends on the person susceptibility to side effect. I had 3 weeks of doxycycline for unidentifiable bug bite and I didn't notice any side effects.

Nick87633 4y ago

That's awful. I did a two week course but had no adverse effects.

bregma 4y ago

I had treatment 100 mg 21 days BID for borreliosis and was careful to always take with a full glass of water, as directed. Only noticeable side effect was affect changes. 9/7 would take that drug again.

erisinger 4y ago
Can you elaborate on affect changes? I had a similar regimen and experienced a weird sense of mental clarity and sociability for a couple of weeks after. Never have figured out what the mechanism was.
- bregma 4y ago
  Positive affect changes are a noted possible side effect. The mechanism is unknown. Some scientists believe it's the direct action of the drug on the brain, but others believe it has something to do with altering the natural intestinal flora and a vague "gut-brain connection". It's an area of research waiting to be tackled. I wasn't going to complain about feeling better than normal, only a little disappointed after the scrip ran out.
  - lostlogin 4y ago
    > the scrip ran out. Assuming that was written intentionally, I had no idea that this was a word, and that this was a usage. I’ve learned something.
    - jrumbut 4y ago
      It should be "script" I believe, short for "prescription". Scrip is a word, but its meaning is different and it's close to archaic.
      - waqf 4y ago
        Interesting, why do you perceive that "scrip" cannot be short for "prescription" whereas "script" can be? FWIW, Wiktionary lists both: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrip#Etymology_4 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrip#Etymology_4
      - WalterGR 4y ago
        People in medicine use "scrip" to mean "prescription" when speaking to others in the field.

Jorge1o1 4y ago

I feel you man. I took it for acne for like 3 or so months, and every morning it was a daily battle not to puke my guts out. It didn’t work btw, and I ended up needing accutane, which left my lips ravaged and bleeding for a year.

orangepurple 4y ago
The sad part is your acne might have been completely fixed solely through dietary intervention.
- jmt_ 4y ago
  Maybe. But severe/cystic acne and the like are rarely solved so simply by dietary intervention. If the acne was so bad as to warrant an Accutane prescription, then my guess is that diet would not have helped much. Accutane can take a large toll on the body but is often one of the most effective tools in eradicating acne long term for those so strongly impacted.
  - orangepurple 4y ago
    Cystic acne is often, but not always, caused by a reaction to a dietary ingredient. Fasting a full day between meals can also often resolve cases. I will not reach for drugs until I have done everything I can in good faith with food and meal timing (24 hours between meals).
    - jmt_ 4y ago
      > I will not reach for drugs until I have done everything I can in good faith with food and meal timing This is a great approach and I don't want to discourage it, but there's a spectrum of cystic acne. Honestly, I'm basing my comments more off personal experience (different people close to me have used Accutane), but I'm not sure how often diet is the cause of (non-simple) cystic acne, although, granted, I'm by default thinking of the more extreme cases. I had a single cyst under my cheek for a semester that dissolved on it's own - never considered Accutane for such a mild cyst. On the other hand, a close associate of mine developed severe cystic acne after being prescribed and using different birth control medicines. The symptoms not only continued, but got worse, well after ceasing these medications. No diet change was going to fix this - Accutane changed this persons life. After going to a few doctors seeking treatment, they were hesitant to prescribe Accutane to this person unless there were no other options. From what I've read online and stories I've heard from this person, this seems to be the norm - if you get prescribed Accutane (withholding doctors who jump straight to medication), you likely have a non-trivial case of acne that won't be reduced by say eating less chocolate. It's like treating depression - some people are able to solve other issues in their life that improve the depression tremendously, and other people have certain brain chemistry imbalances that make this process impossible _until_ they're treated with anti-depressants.

bladegash 4y ago

Interesting! Took doxy for months at a time, with a year being the longest ever taken it. The US military uses it as Malaria prophylaxis, so can end up taking it for a pretty significant amount of time. Never really had an side effects I can recall, but was in my early 20s at the time as well.

saalweachter 4y ago
Do you recall the doseage?
- bladegash 4y ago
  Unfortunately I don’t - it was over a decade ago at this point. They were pretty large blue/turquoise gel capsules though.

AngryData 4y ago

Interesting, when I took it I had zero side effects other than curing the infection.