Doxycycline Treatment Report
See also: Doxycycline Hyclate
What is Doxycycline?
Doxycycline is a tetracycline antibiotic used to treat a variety of infections; Lyme disease; inflammatory lesions associated with rosacea; intestinal amebiasis; severe acne. Off label it is used as a sclerosing agent for pleural effusion and vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 17 |
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4 | |||
| Acne | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| lymes disease | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Slow my MS progress | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Urinary Tract Infection UTI | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Lyme Disease | 2 | 0 |
See all 18 patients currently taking Doxycycline
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course of treatment ended
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12 | 50% |
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Doctor's advice
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7 | 29% |
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Other
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2 | 8% |
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Personal research
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1 | 4% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 4% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- mamamia
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- mamamia
- 50 mg daily
- since Jun 16, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
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- HopeLives
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: none
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- HopeLives
- 200 mg daily
- since Oct 15, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Acne
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Side Effects
Moderate
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See all 8 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.