Doxycycline Hyclate and chest pain

I was prescribed Doxycycline for malaria prevention in Tanzania.. After two days I had severe chest pain when breathing (especially deeply) and swallowing water- the full glass with the tablet was hell & then food. I lost my appetite completely, felt nauseous when I forced myself to eat meals and thought I was about to have a heart attack. I've been off the drug for 4 days and have stomach pain, nausea, no appetite, very dry sore skin and insomnia (which is more likely due to jetlag)! My parents both developed a hive-like sore rash all over their bodies after the first day of taking the doxycycline. It is shocking that these 'severe side effects' are so common, especially when finding an ER in central Serengeti is difficult..

It seems that everyone is having similar symptoms. I have been on Doxy for about 14 days now and I'm feeling worse every day. I am on it because i had been bitten by a tick and contracted Lyme disease. I don't know much about the disease but it has me freaked out. I started taking the antibiotic 2 weeks after being bitten; losing my balance and almost falling to the ground. I also had a couple of dizzy spells after eating. I seemed to feel a little bit better the first week of taking it but started feeling the side effects. It started out with the occasional dizzy spell then came the exhaustion, anxiety, depression, lower back aches, soreness in the back of my eyes, stiff neck, headache in the back of my head, flu like shivers, racing heart, and complete body aches. I also found out the hard way not to go out into the sun while on Doxy. Felt like the tops of my hands were being pricked with a million needles and burning. I wish I could stop taking the drug and be done, but I am already scared about the outcome of the Lyme disease. I hope I can feel normal again soon.

I took this garbage for four days until I had to go to the ER for shortness of breath, chest pain, stomach pain, pins and needles sensation in limbs, hot flashes (felt like I had a fever) and blurry vision. The worst was the complete and utter mental breakdown, I became suicidal and had just horrible images coming through my brain.

It's been a week now and while the depression/suicidal thoughts have subsided, the anxiety, exhaustion, shortness of breath, and stomach pain remain. I'm curious how I can still have these horrible effects taking into consideration the half life of this drug. It should be out of my system now.

Any idea of how much longer this is going to last?

Depression is not the word ....if this stuff was biblical, it would be the devil.
i have never felt like life didn't matter, i have never felt like i wanted to give up, but over the last few days i have, and i know it is a direct result of doxycycline. I stopped taking yesterday (had for lyme dis).
sever headaches, nausea, chest pain, panic attacks, etc....

NO WONDER THIS IS A FREE PRESCRIPT....they get you on your second visit after your doc prescribes zoloft or something for you.

I was recently prescribed this drug for mild acne, no advice was given to me about the possible side effects, or how best to take it (sitting up with plenty water) - it has given me severe chest pain, I am unable to swallow, I have cramps, and my last pill was 5 days ago! I only took it for a week. I am so shocked that they dish this out with such little care, yet it such a powerful drug, used for MALARIA!!! Will I ever feel normal and be able to eat properly again?

I have been on Doxycycline for about a year now, and have had side effects.

I have had hot flushes, abdominal pain, chest pain, extreme mood swings, anxiety, depression which lasted a few days at a time and have felt dizzy and exhausted alot (I had never gotten these symptoms before taking the anti-biotic). I didn't get any side-effects while starting doxy, but about 2 weeks after, they began. My symptoms are becoming worse, as well as waking up with a headache for the past 2 weeks everyday. My Dr says it's perfectly fine for me to continue, but the side effects are becoming too much.

Also, i take my doxy before bed, and not necessarily after eating, and they go down perfectly fine! I have no problems with it through the night. I take it in conjunction with my pill, and all is well.

After having a break from Doxy (I've had a 2 week break about twice in the year I have been on them), I have gotten a severe flu, which has had me in bed for about 4 weeks at a time.

But my acne has cleared immensely, everyone comments how clear my skin is now. In my opinion, it's worth the side-effects. My confidence has improved so much!

My son took this medication for a month, about a month later he started with the headaches. He can not concentrate, he feels like he is in a fog and wore out all the time. It messes with his vision. He has been having these symptoms for about a month and a half with trips to the emergency room and numerous Drs. He never had any problems till this medication. He is missing work. What we need to know from anyone - how long do the symptoms last.
Please respond if you have had the same --headaches and vision problems.

I've been taking Doxy for a week now (100mg 2x daily) for epididomytis. The second day of taking the med I woke up with terrible heartburn. I thought that the med burned a hole in my lower esophagus from from taking the med late the night before. I have had nausia once for a few hours, though the worst side-effect is the terrible chest pain as I swallow or take deep breaths. It feels like I am swallowing a golf ball and it is stuck about 3/4 of the way down. Occasionally it feels like it is trying to come back up. I too have had some excess gas. I hope this stuff really works without causing long term side effects.

I have been on Doxy for three weeks now to treat a skin infection. I am now experiencing bad chest pain where my heart is and also into my upper left back. I have had the tingling in my head and some shortness of breath. I have also noticed that my joints like my kness and hands are aching. Has anyone had these symptoms too?

I was prescribed Doxy 100mg 2x a day for a sinus/eye infection 2 years ago after sinus surgery. It upset my stomach so bad but my doctor said to keep taking it because the stomach upset was less problem then this infection. I also got a yeast infection. Didn't have to deal with the sun because it was winter in the midwest. My stomach never returned to normal. Now I am labeled having IBSD. I have very frequent diahrhea on & off. It seems go into remission every now & then. I have had an upper & lower GI too. Nothing was found. Now 2 years later I get another sinus/eye infection. Doc gives me again. I forgot this was the same drug I had 2 years ago until I called my old pharmacy and had them check my records. This time I only took one pill after eating. I took it at 6:30pm. At 1am I woke up with a burning pain in my chest. I was sweating so badly. I got up and ate some soda crackers. I didn't feel nauseaus, just burning pain like heartburn. I finally got back to sleep at 3:30am. Woke up at 11am.

I remembered what the doc said 2 years ago and decided to take another dose. With food of course. About 4 hours later I was in the bathroom bent over in pain with the runs severely. I called the doctor. Being it was Saturday and after hours I got the oncall doctor who wasn't very sympathetic. All her heard was CHEST pain and ordered me to go to the hospital ER. I argued abit with him and he just yelled back "Go to the ER now." Being the stubborn person I am, I did not go. But I did not take another dose. I called the pharmacy the next day and told them what happened. They said it was definitly a drug reaction. I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and demand a different med. This stuff should be banned.

I HAVE BEEN TAKING DORYX
100MG 2 TIMES A DAY FOR 2 DAYS AND AM EXPERIENCING CHEST PAIN ON AND OFF ON MY LEFT SIDE AND ITCHING . I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND IT FELT LIKE MY TONGUE WAS SWOLLEN . I DON'T KNOW ID I SHOULD CONTINUE TAKING IT OR ASK FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

Very odd - I seem to have chronic bacterial prostatitis (at 25 years old and in very good shape, it's embarassing).

I tried Cipro, but it screwed up my muscles (I work out alot) and then was prescribed Doxy. Doxy seemed to make my symptoms better, but it didn't eradicate the infection - I've been on it almost non-stop for two months.

Side effects WERE minimal - irritated esophagus/throat, some bloating and gas. THEN - just the other night, after counting 30 minutes, I went to bed. Soon after I felt this chest pain, relatively sharp, somewhat burning. My mouth on the inside started to tingle even - I was scared as all hell that it was my heart, but this really seemed like the drug.

Woke up 6 hours later to go to university (basically seven hours after the pill was taken), and after eating a little food, had the same pains again, though not as extreme. I've stopped the drug now and am scared to go back to it.

Anyone have a similar issue?

I took Doxycycline for pneumonia that would not go away 100 mg per day. After 4 doses I was struck suddenly with severe chest pain on the left hand side of my chest at the front, down the middle of my chest and on the left hand side of my back and under my shoulder blade. I was admitted to hospital for suspected heart problem. However, after ECG, XRay, blood tests no evidence of a heart problem was found. On release from hospital I checked the patient information leaflet that was supplied with the Doxycyline and it list chest pain as an allergic reaction to the drug. I also experienced a swollen and sore tongue and breathing difficulty which is taking time to go.

I was on the new Oracea (doxycycline) for rosacea and I had taken it once a day for 12 days. On the 12th day my feet started itching and then before I new it I was itching all over. I wanted to crawl out of my skin! I got some hives as well and took Benadryl around the clock. The next afternoon I experienced crushing back and chest pain and thought I was having a hard attack! It got better the next day with less episodes and I felt better reading that other people also had these allergic reactions!

i have been on doxcycline for a couple of days for a sinus infection and have noticed chest pain from heart burn from this medication i only have a couple of days left i am not sure if it is worth continuing, it is quite a bad burning sensation.

severe chest pain, cold sweat, nausea, vomiting, going on for hours! Went to hospital emergency twice before I realized I was reacting to the doxy (for Lyme). Never really got rid of the Lyme but with the doxy I literally thought I was dying - and I am not a pain-freak. Have a pretty high threshhold but was unable to walk or use the phone to call 911 when I was alone with the attacks. (Yes, it took me a couple of times to realize I was having a reaction, not a heart attack).

BTW, I have looked doxy up online as an antibiotic and these kinds of side effects are typically not even alluded to much less discussed. Shameful!

I took doxycycline for ten days for acne when I woke during the night with severe pressure and chest pain. I later had severe pain while swallowing and eating was impossible, other than ice cream, yogurt etc. Even theese are painful. I have been off the meds for 5 days and am somewhat better but am still not nearly well. I was in the hospital overnight while they checked my heart. All tests came back negative.

My significant other took Doxycylene, 100 mg, twice a day for two weeks to treat a swollen lymph node under his arm. During the treatment he experienced nausea, stomach pain, rash and cold sweats, nothing too bad. 3 days after the last dose everything got significantly worse. It started with sever chest pain, so bad we went to the emergency room thinking it was a heart attack or blood clot. They found nothing and discharged him. Over the next 3 weeks he started vomitting, diahrea and developed jaundice. Constant queeziness and chest pain. After numerous tests, ultra sounds, MRCP, the doctor has ruled out various hepatitas's and every other disease he could think of. He's also rulled out any kind of bile duct blockage after the MRCP. Its now been 7 weeks since all this started, my friend has dropped 40 lb's (190 down to 152) and still dropping. Our doctor (gastro interologist) has admitted he's stumped and is currently contacting a professor in Miami as a last hope. The only thing our doctor keeps comming back to is the Doxycyclene and that my friend may have had that one rare acute reaction. We're frazzled and don't know what to do next.

There are many side effects to Doxycycline. I took it for a bug bite I got (I tested negative for West Nile, Lyme, and every other blood born disease from a tick...the doctor still doesn't know what bit me...thinking it was a house centipede based on my research and seeing a couple dozen of them in my garage this summer)...200mg for 2 weeks.

For me, it was the dizziness, headaches, chest pain on and off after taking it, and the itching that would move all over in spots. Doxy is not the best antibiotic for acne though...you should take either Tetracycline or go with topical stuff (Differin or something similar)...the problem with taking Tetra or Doxy is that once you're off of it, the acne comes back even worse than it was before, then by taking it again, the stuff doesn't work. Plus, taking Doxy for several months or years will reduce it's effect and you will build up an immunity to it...any cycline has the same side effects, but I never had the nausea/diaharrea/vomiting that most people.

But please, read the leaflet and talk to the pharmacist/doctor before taking this stuff. The big side effects are the nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. If you have to take it with food, please do, but the Doxy will not work as well (absorb through the body) when taking simultaneously with food. Be careful taking this stuff...and quit taking it if the reaction is that bad because there are other medicines that won't do this stuff.

My son was prescribed doxycycline, 100mg, 1xday for acne. Within 3 days he began to have severe nausea and vomiting. The only change in his life has been this medication. We even saw a specialist and they never asked us about medication he was on. They just tested him for acid reflux-inconclusive results. He has also had headaches, blurry vision, itching, and chest pain.

I started taking this med for treatment of acne. Doxycycline 100 MG twice daily. Within 4 days, I started experiencing chest pain, arm and back pain, palpitations, dizzieness, weakness in the legs and arms, diarrea, pain in the eyelids. I thought i was dying! I followed all of the instructions from the pharmacist and the doctor, and it still happened. They tried to tell me it was a problem with anxiety since it runs in my family. After finding this site, i think differently. I think anxiety might be a part of it, but not what caused it, i will never take tetracycline based products again, and will never recommend them to anyone.

I take Doxycycline off and on for mild acne. I noticed that I definitely had to eat a meal before I took a pill, and even then it always made me a bit nauseous. Last night I took one around midnight and went to bed. I woke up at quarter to 5 with chest pain. I got up and tried to eat something but that was painful too. I've been trying to drink water all day but it appears to have no effect. It's now 12 hours later and I still have chest pain, and I feel like vomiting. I will never take this again!

I started doxycycline 3 days ago for an STD which I'm not even sure I have, but the doctor felt it necessary to give me medication for it any way. I've had severe nausia and vomiting and I have to drink a full bottle of water to keep it down. I have slight chest pain right inbetween my breats, a constant headache, dizziness, fatigue, loss of appetite espcially in the morning.

I started doxycycline 3 days ago for and STD which I'm not even sure I have, but the doctor felt it necessary to give me medication for it any way. I've had severe nausia and vomiting and I have to drink a full bottle of water to keep it down. I have slight chest pain right inbetween my breats, a constant headache, dizziness, fatigue, loss of appetite espcially in the morning.

Here is my doxy experience.

Been taking Doxy for 7 days so far to treat a bacterial infection (epididymitus), 2 pills a day. (The doc also prescribed an anti-inflammatory pill for the pain from the infection.) I didn't notice any real side effects for the first few days aside from a little fatigue and lack of energy. However, on the 4th day, I started feeling a slight tightness of chest, mainly on the left side. On the 5th day, started feeling lightheaded, shortness of breath. The chest tightness was a little more noticeable, can't really describe it as pain, but was concerned enough to go to the ER. The ER doc said chest discomfort could be acid from the stomach, so she prescribed Prilosec (anti-ulcer medicine) and took me off the anti-inflam. medicine, but kept me on the Doxy b/c of the infection. Felt better after leaving the ER, but did notice a little discomfort in my esophagus while swallowing my dinner that night. (Haven't had that since.) Next morning (day 6) I felt good enough to go into work. The shortness of breath and dizziness went away completely (maybe was due to the other pill). However, late in the day, started feeling the chest pain again even worse. I should note that I was experiencing some stress at work which seemed to be a factor. After I left work, the pain subsided. I took a valium after getting home which seemed to help.

Now at the end of Day 7: felt a little fatigued, but haven't had any serious chest pain, but still some mild discomfort when trying to go to sleep (which is why I'm still up writing this!). I should note that I ate some greasy fast food for lunch and didn't have the healthiest dinner.

After reading some of the side effects on this website, I am concerned about continuing to take this pill (3 more days to go), but will keep taking it as long as my side effects don't get worse. My advice based on taking this medicine is this: take it with lots of water, try to avoid taking it around bed time, be careful not to eat foods that are too acidic, and try to remain upright after taking it. I will post again if any side effects pop up during Day 8.

Esophagus pain, chest pain. Doctor said that the Doxy caused it b/c I didn't take with a full glass of water. Called in a new perscription for a "slurry" which will/should help. Have taken Doxy many other times for Broncitis, don't really understand why this happened this time. Onset of Chest pain was 3 days AFTER taking last dose.

Severe headaches and earaches, chest pain when I exhale to deeply. Sores on my legs that look like spider bites and are swollen sensitive to touch.

My wife was taking Doxycycline. Since last five days, she started complaining of severe chest pain and problem in swallowing food and even water. Doctor advised to stop taking Doxycycline. Even then the problem has not reduced at all. Does any one know how long will this continue and what steps should be taken to reduce the problem? Is there any further side affect of this?

This was prescribed for my 15 year old son for acne. After second pill, developed chest pain when swallowing liquids or solids. Took the pills for five days and quit two days ago - still has the pain when swallowing. NEVER told by the doctor to NOT lay down for at least 30 minutes after taking.

Nausea and sometimes vomitting within an hour of taking it unless I've eaten a full meal first and follow it up right away with a light snack. Chest pain particularly on the left, side though that has lessened a bit--doctor ran some tests and xrays and stuff and said that was fine. Skin feels burned even though I haven't been outside in days, and lips are cracked despite wearing lip balm. Also have vaginal itching, lower back pain, and sharp pain when having a bowel movement.

I was prescribe this for a rash that developed after a prolonged use of a topical psoriasis medication. I an experiencing chest pain and it feels like the capsule is stuck in my throat. If not taken with food extreme nausea.

I was precribed doxycycline for 10 days after a tick bite (prophylaxis for Lyme disease). Developed serious nausea on day two, followed by continuous low grade nausea. Complete loss of appetite, and terrible fatigue. Developed low level chest pains and tightening of chest on day 6. Chest pain increased through day 7 and is now approaching acute level. I'm not taking any more of this stuff - calling doctor in the morning.