Tell your doctor if you're taking these medicines before you start taking doxycycline:. Typhoid vaccine given by mouth may not work properly if you're taking doxycycline. If you need a typhoid vaccine while taking doxycycline, your doctor or nurse will give it by injection.
There are no known problems with taking herbal remedies and supplements with doxycycline. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal medicines, vitamins or supplements. Doxycycline is from a group of medicines called tetracycline antibiotics. These antibiotics kill bacteria by stopping them from making the proteins that they need to survive.
It's very important that you keep taking doxycycline until you finish your medicine. Do this even if you feel better. It will help stop the infection coming back. If you have rosacea, doxycycline works slowly to treat it. Your doctor will usually review you after 4 to 6 weeks to check how well the medicine is working. If you are taking doxycycline for any other infection, tell your doctor if you don't start feeling better after 3 days. Also tell them if, at any time, you start to feel worse.
If you are taking doxycycline to prevent malaria, you will not feel any different. You should take doxycycline as prescribed, and continue taking it for 4 weeks after leaving the area where there is malaria. Some people get a fungal infection called thrush after taking a course of antibiotics like doxycycline. Antibiotics kill the normal harmless bacteria that help to protect you against thrush. Doxycycline does not affect any type of contraception, including the contraception pill and emergency contraception.
However, if doxycycline makes you vomit or have severe diarrhoea for more than 24 hours, your combined pill may not protect you from pregnancy.
Look on the pill packet to find out what to do. Read more about what to do if you're on the pill and you're being sick or have diarrhoea. There's no clear evidence to suggest that taking doxycycline will reduce fertility in either men or women. However, speak to a pharmacist or your doctor before taking it if you're trying to get pregnant.
Doxycycline can build up in growing bones and teeth by binding to calcium. This can stain teeth. It only happens in growing bones and teeth. This is why doxycycline is not given to children under 12 years old or to pregnant or breastfeeding women. Avoid drinking alcohol with doxycycline. Alcohol can stop it working properly. Speak to your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions about this. Do not take your medicine together with dairy products. This is because dairy foods like milk, cheese and yoghurt can stop your body from absorbing doxycycline.
You can have dairy products a few hours before or after your dose. Yes, you can take doxycycline if you are allergic to penicillin. They are 2 different types of antibiotic. Doxycycline has been used successfully in hot countries for many years.
The best way to protect yourself against a reaction to sunlight is to be careful with sun exposure. Page last reviewed: 23 November Next review due: 23 November Doxycycline On this page About doxycycline Key facts Who can and can't take doxycycline How and when to take it Side effects How to cope with side effects Pregnancy and breastfeeding Cautions with other medicines Common questions.
About doxycycline Doxycycline is an antibiotic. Doxycycline is available on prescription. It comes as capsules. Help us improve our website Can you answer a quick question about your visit today? However, do not use the medicine for longer than 4 months. Use only the brand of this medicine that your doctor prescribed. Different brands may not work the same way.
To help clear up your infection completely, keep taking this medicine for the full time of treatment, even if you begin to feel better after a few days. If you stop taking this medicine too soon, your symptoms may return. The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine.
If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so. The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine.
Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine. If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses. Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
Keep from freezing. If your symptoms do not improve within a few days, or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby. Use an effective form of birth control to keep from getting pregnant. If you think you have become pregnant while using this medicine, tell your doctor right away. This medicine may darken the color of your skin, nails, eyes, teeth, gums, or scars. Talk with your doctor if you have any concerns.
Doxycycline may cause diarrhea, and in some cases it can be severe. It may occur 2 months or more after you stop taking this medicine. Do not take any medicine to treat diarrhea without first checking with your doctor. Diarrhea medicines may make the diarrhea worse or make it last longer. If you have any questions about this or if mild diarrhea continues or gets worse, check with your doctor.
Birth control pills containing estrogen may not work properly while you are using doxycycline. To keep from getting pregnant, use other forms of birth control. These include condoms, a diaphragm, or a contraceptive foam or jelly. Doxycycline may cause your skin to be more sensitive to sunlight than it is normally.
Exposure to sunlight, even for short periods of time, may cause skin rash, itching, redness or other discoloration of the skin, or a severe sunburn. When you begin taking this medicine:. Serious skin reactions, including drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms can occur with this medicine.
Check with your doctor right away if you have blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin, red skin lesions, severe acne or a skin rash, sores or ulcers on the skin, fever or chills, cough, sore throat, swollen, painful, or tender lymph glands in the neck, armpit, or groin, or yellow skin or eyes while using this medicine.
This medicine may cause increased pressure inside the head intracranial hypertension. This is more likely to occur in women of childbearing age who are overweight or have a history of intracranial hypertension. Doxycycline belongs to a group of antibiotics called tetracyclines. Like all antibiotics, doxycycline is not effective against infections caused by viruses. In New Zealand, doxycycline is available as tablets 50 mg and mg.
It is important to take the whole course of antibiotics for the number of days your doctor has told you to. Do not stop taking it, even if you feel your infection has cleared up. Talk to your doctor first. Doxycycline can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. You can get a burning, tingling feeling on your skin when you are in the sun, or you may notice a darker tan, or redness.
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