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Topic: Taking doxycycline and Mepron together???

Annelet
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 13503

posted

Could someone please advise....
Should you not take Mepron and Doxy together at all, or is it that you should not take them together at the same time. What is the mode of interaction between these two?
Anne

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h8lyme
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 11765

posted

I take Mepron/Azithromax and doxy. My LLMD is supposed to be one of the best on the west coast. I assume he wouldn't give me drugs that interacted poorly together.

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roro
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 13383

posted

tetracycline and rifampin, I don't see anythign about doxycycline

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ElaineC
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 9857

posted

Hi,

I had this same dilemma a while back - if you do a search you'll see posts on it -

- was already on Malarone, Zith and Art for Babs and my LLMD suggested adding Doxy.

I had read all the literature saying not to take the two together, and brought it to the attention of my LLMD - sent him detailed links etc.

He is a very well-known and respected LLMD in Upstate NY with alot of Babs experience, and he assured me that he has been using this combo for many many years and in his experience, it works well when used with Zith.

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Walnut
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 6585

posted

Tetracyclines is a family of antibiotics, that includes doxycline. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetracycline_antibiotics

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TerryK
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 8552

posted

Cactus alerted us to this in another thread.

According to the manufacturer's pharmacist, Doxy can lower blood levels of mepron by as much 40%!! They gave me a number that my doctor could call to talk to the pharmacist about it.

1-888-825-5249

At the cost of mepron, I asked him to take me off of doxy ASAP! I can't afford multiple rounds of mepron at $1,200+ per month.

Terry

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Annelet
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 13503

posted

Teryy...I get my Mepron from www.canadadrugs.com for around $550 per 210 ml. Excellent service and support from this company. I have used them for all my meds for around 18 months
Anne

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