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Posted at 10:42 PM on Mar 14, 2009 by nodoxy4me, #39937
Here's my horrible experience w/ Doxycycline Hyclate (100mg prescribed 2x day) I only took 3 doses of this and vomited one of those.(there appeared to be blood in vomit) I was taking this for pelvic infection. I had severe nausea that came in waves. I also had severe drowsiness to the point that I could not lift my head up. I felt a sense of being "out of body" and extreme dizziness that almost made me feel like I was falling. I had confusion, disorientation, forgetfulness, and an inability to concentrate. I felt bone chilling cold, that alternated with sweating and hot flashes. My face, hands, and arms became puffy. I was very drowsy but could only sleep a couple hours due to insomnia. When I did sleep I had very weird and vivid dreams. I also felt a general sense of panic the day after I stopped taking it. This stuff was nasty and I will never take it again. It is wonderful to have a forum like this to share stories and complaints but NOTHING WILL ACTUALLY BE DONE UNTIL REPORTED TO FDA. It takes many people reporting symptoms for Fda to even care or take notice. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP YOURSELF AND OTHERS BY REPORTING TO FDA. Go to www.fda.gov/medwatch. It is really simple to do and this is the first time I have ever reported anything. (and first time I had any major drug reaction). It is also confidential. My experience on this drug after only 3 doses was very scary. I hope I will feel better soon. It is 1 1/2 days now after last dose. I will try to report back on here when I am feeling better. The half life for the med is about 18 hours, which means by tomorrow I will still have 25% left in my system. I am hoping after 2 more days I will feel back to normal. I have had as much water as I can tolerate and took dandelion root to help cleanse my liver. Take care everyone and remember to report any symptoms you had to the FDA at www.fda.gov/medwatch
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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 17, 2009 by greekboy, #18119

hello,

how is your update on your symptoms?

Thanks

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 20, 2009 by nodoxy4me, #18238

Hi. Today is the first day I'm feeling almost completely myself. The dizziness and mental clarity were the side effects to linger the longest. It seems like many people's symptoms progressed longer than they should have according to the published half-life. How are you? I hope you're feeling a little better. If not have you considered looking into any alternative therapies to detoxify your system? I've never tried any "alternative" health practices before, but I so badly wanted to rid my system of it!

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 23, 2009 by antshop, #18347

How are you doing now? and what are you taking to get better? I to have bad side affects. Sorry you are going through this it is bad.

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 24, 2009 by nodoxy4me, #18412

Hi I'm feeling back to normal now, thankfully!!! Private message me if you are interested in any methods to cleanse/detoxify system. I am not an expert but I went to a hollistic health center (for the first time). Who knows for sure if I would have felt better w/out doing anything or to what extent the detoxifying helped.

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