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So I've been taking Zith and Doxy for a month now, herxing all the way. I took a day off yesterday to see if it was in fact due to the abx. It was. About 3 weeks ago I noticed my nose was extremely and abnormally red. I thought I must have just gotten sunburned bad from the Doxy's effects. But after stopping the abx yesterday my nose's normal color returned. Is this normal? Is it healthy?
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that happened to me from the doxy. My nose kept getting red. I couln't figure it our because I wasn't in the sun much. My doctor stopped the doxy and my nose stopped getting red!
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While on doxy, my husband's nose looked like raw ground beef. He wore a hat, used sunblock, and even tried zinc ointment. Thankfully, it returned to normal when he got off the doxy!
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I also had this on doxy. Dr. B use to say I have "classic doxy nose".
Be very careful in the sun. Most of my redness was from even a minimal amount of sun exposure. Posts: 1603 | From ny | Registered: Aug 2006
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I thought it was just me or that it was the sun. But I don't spend time in the sun, and I even put sunscreen on in my apartment as it is very sunny.
I have the classic doxy nose especially when I am infusing. And it also feels like my nostrils are bigger and that my nose is drier on the inside.
Really weird.
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I got this so bad the first time I took Doxy that I looked like Rudolph!!
It was def from sun exposure, first happened after I took a mere 15 minute walk on the beach. I remember I got a skin ointment from pharmacy to help soothe it, and take away the BRIGHT redness!!!...But it cleared up fully anyway a while after I stopped the Doxy!
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So should I just fight through the red, blistered/burned doxy-nose? Or should I switch to a different abx?
My told me I was going to replace it in two weeks with 1000mg Cefuroxime daily - should I start now?
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