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Has anyone ever taken their antibiotic at night verses the day time?
Just wondering if it made a difference. My days can be really difficult, throught it might make a difference.
Any thoughts......
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joalo
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If your doctor didn't state what time of day to take your pill why not try taking it at night and see if you can tell the difference.
I have to be sure to take my antibiotics with food or my stomach complains.
Good luck!!
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Keebler
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- Shifting the rougher ones to evening can help sometimes, so you sleep through the most "icky' reactions. However, you want to be sure your esophagus can handle this as some drugs need you to be upright for a while.
It is also important to keep blood levels of medicine stable throughout the day and night. Usually, 2 or 3 times a day should be equally divided by the clock.
Be sure to ask your LLMD about it. For some medicines, you have to be able to at least sit up for an hour after taking it or it can cause problems with the drug irritating your esophagus. Doxycycline is one of those.
You can figure out some of this by checking the manufacturer's website for each drug, noting the half-life. The longer the half-life, the longer you can stretch is out a bit. For a drug that has short a half-life, you have to take it more often to keep the the blood level stable.
Also, remember liver support. Your liver does its best repair work at night and that may be the time when you don't want to stress it with too many antibiotics but have the shift of liver support supplements working with your body instead. -
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