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I just read on another post that Sunshine and Doxy doesn't go well together. Before working in the yard yesterday and today, in the sun, I read all my med bottles and none of them said to avoid the sun.
Can anyone provide information? Must you just avoid sun while taking the meds? I pulse meds so can I go in the sun while off a med for a couple of days? Any helpful hints appreciated. I am an outdoors person and we'll be going on a cruise this year.
Meds I'm taking: Doxy, Biaxin, Flagyl & Diflucan. Supplements: Probiotics, Vitamin C and Magnesium, will start Garlic shortly.
Thank you for any information. I don't want to be confined to inside the house due to meds or ticks!!!!
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I suggest talking with your doctor about this. Doxy caused severe sun-sensitivity for me, but Minocycline (which is similar to Doxy) did not.
Maybe you can switch to Minocycline. If you do, make sure it does not affect you before you go outside for any extended period. Otherwise, maybe your doctor can switch your med to one that does not cause this.
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I burned badly when on doxy and I have an olive complexion and rarely burn. I don't know about the other drugs you are taking. Doxy does for sure.
Can you ask your pharmacist which ones make you sun sensitive?
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The package insert that comes with doxy always mentions the sun sensitivity. You can't just look at the bottles themselves.
You have to be off the doxy for at least a week before it is safe to go in the sun again.
Lyme doctors generally stop prescribing doxy when summer comes because of the sun sensitivity. If you want to be outdoors even now, you better ask your doc to switch you to something else.
That doxy burn is so nasty that nasty isn't a nasty enough word for it. It isn't sunburn. It is a chemical burn.
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