Topic: Doxycycline Capsules & Manfacturers (such a difference??!!)
susank
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Suspected resp. infection I was Rx'd Doxy. (April). Thought oh dear. I did surprisingly well with it though.
Well enough that I thought to try it again for my eyes. (MGD - dry eyes). I took it for years - low dose - before and after Lyme Dx. Eye doctor Rx'd it (May) and it was filled at different pharmacy.
I noted the capsules were blue. Thought - uh oh. I remembered something about this - why I stopped Doxy. I took one anyway - and it made me so sick. How could that be?
The Doxy I took in April was PAR Pharmacy - two colors on caps.
The ones from May - blue - are Westward Pharmacy. I took one. Never again.
I think it burned my esophagus and also made me feel dreadful. Nauseous.
Thoughts? Have others noticed such differences with ABX and manufacturers?
So tired........am I making sense?
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Yes, you are making sense. It's worrisome when you get the same ABX from different manufacturers.
It's been a while since I've been on doxy, but I seem to remember handing the blue ones better. Just think Tiffany blue, haha.
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sammy
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I take several RX’s, most are generic.
I was concerned about that same issue (different drug). I brought the pill into the pharmacy, they confirmed that it was not a counterfeit.
They even let me look at the stock bottle & read the information packet that was attached to it. (Had where it was manufactured & when, expiration date...
If anyone is unsure about the medication given to them, your pharmacist has a book called the PDR where he can compare your pill to pictures of it’s brand & generics. If all details are identical then your drug is real.
Pharmacists also have computer apps/programs that do the same thing.
And I’ve noticed they seem to truly enjoy helping customers. They care.
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Doxy in the blue capsules was rough for us too. Any chance your bicolor caps were Monodox? That form of doxy is much easier on the GI tract, I recall the version of that I had came in blue/white bicolor capsules.
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Keebler
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- The additives can often be different, and be sure to check for gluten as well. Go to one if the celiac websites for a better gluten in Rx check. -
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