Doxycycline Hyclate and fever

On doxycycline now for 3 weeks 100 mg twice per day. I can't stop yawning. I am so tired and it is difficult to concentrate.
Suppose to take the regimen for at least 6 weeks for chronic lyme disease. I skipped last night's dose. Although I am so tired I feel at night like I have a fever and do not sleep more than 6 hours.
-Lizydoo

I have been on Doxy for 2 days now, 100mg 2x daily. I started noticing my face burning and I couldn't figure it out, neck up my head feels on fire. I found this site and now I feel a lot less worried, I think this burning (as if i have a fever on my head only!!!) is caused from this! Thanks guys.

i am amazed that doxycycline has given the SAME EXACT problems to other people. i never had side effects to any medication i ever took up until this point. I was on them for a week and on the 2 final nights I too took them right before sleeping and developed a case of esophigitis. I cant eat or sleep because it feels like i'm swallowing lumps that land in my stomach and burn. Even breathing ends up as burping that feels like its on fire. My throat feels swollen and eating solids is torture. Ive been so depressed over this, it makes me want to cry and not go to work because my head feels like i'm in a cloud. Past 24 hours i developed a fever and pain in the jaw/temple area but that might just be a flu going around. So i called the doctor who prescribed them to me for adult acne and says "you weren't supposed to take them before bed, sounds like you have esophagitis". Nice of him to tell me this prior to starting this medication. Im so worried these have caused permanent damage to my stomach that i'm going to suffer with forever. Have these symptoms gone away for anyone, and what helped you get through it if it has? also, how long? Maalox, Pepcid, and over the counter heartburn remedies dont seem to help. all i know is, doxycycline is the wrost drug ever and needs to be retired ASAP!

Day 2 of being on Doxycycline Hyclate. I woke up with pain behind my eyes and a strange "out of touch" feeling. I took my next pill for the day. No issues with it going down, but I have felt flu like symptoms most of the day. Some chills, possible fever (face and mouth feel hot but at work so can't check it), some aches especially in the legs, like mild cramps, and an overall sick feeling across my body. I do not feel myself today, however I felt normal if not better yesterday, the first day I started taking it. I contacted my doctor and informed them of how I felt and she told me it is only my second day taking it and to continue as normal. I will do as recommended, however, I hope these feelings dissipate soon. I want the cough to be gone but at what cost. If I feel like this tomorrow I might not go to work and maybe have a second opinion.

I took 1 pill (100mg) Doxycycline HCl, went to bed, slept very groggy, exhausted. Next day, second pill, 1 hr later feeling nauseated, then severe migraine headache, thew up, felt like in a severe fever. This lasted about 5 hours then reduced to exhaustion, dizziness with some heartburn. It was intolerable. I also felt very depressed and negative.

One website describing a patent for a different formulation of Doxycycline reported that 31% of patients taking this experience nausea and vomiting.

Why is this drug so frequently prescribed?

Stop taking this drug if you have side effects.
After doing a little research it seems that the "Hyclate" formulation has many side effect problems. The other formulations (monohydrate or carrageenan) may be better. The Hyclate formulation is very rapidly absorbed and is acidic and can cause local damage to the stomach or esophagus. Some report these symptoms on this website. Also it seems foolish for this to be in capsule form, since this increases the rapidity of dissolving and probably also local damage. The drug is 'good' in that it stays in your system a long time and brings your body to a high amount of antibiotic rapidly.

I have never had a bad reaction to an antibiotic before. I'm glad this website allows for these reports.

Hi !

I took doxycycline for fever. My doctor prescribed 100mg twice a day for 7 days. I took for a day and half and I started experiencing cramps in upper stomach. I could not bear the feeling. I called the doctor and explained to her my symptoms. She asked to get off it immediately. I have stopped doxycycline. It has been one full day since I stopped it but I am having diarrhea and cramps haven't gone either. I don't know when it will completely go away. The funny part is the fever left me and I know it wasn't these tabs that made me feel better but doxycycline has given me other problems to worry about now!!

Hey I have been on Doxycycline for 15 days now and could not figure out why a healthy 25 year old was having back pains and stomach pains like im dying until i looked up this site i had never had a problem with acne until about 6 months ago and my doc put me on this mess i still have 2 more weeks of this med and i am deff. not gonna take it anymore i casnt beleave how painful it is to try to better yourself ... this stuff should be banned , oh yeah no kind of sun issues at all and to the guy who said something about drinkers i dont drink or smoke and the side effects are VERY VERY PAINFUL !!!!

I was prescribed doxycycline for possible lyme disease as a precautionary measure after a tick bite followed by a rash and fever. I took only two doses, and since, have been so completely nauseous, it's difficult to function. I've had terrible acid reflux and get the shakes and horrible stomach pain if I don't eat immediately when I feel hungry. My stomach aches constantly and I haven't had a bowel movement for a week. It has been 5 days since I took the last dose.

doxycycline is horrible. i have to many side effects from it. i was taking one 100mg pill twice a day. after about two days i started to feel so bloated and had diareha. then i started feeling nervous fever blurred vision fatigue couldnt get a good nights sleep .. It sucked bcs by the time i realized that the sickness was from the medication and not something serious i was already worrying far more then anyone should

I took doxcycline for aprox. 12 days due to a definite tick bite. I had a very nasty bullseye on my upper leg. Even though the blood test showed negative - the bullseye rash was evident, & doxycycline was prescribed as the better, stonger medicine for treating Lymes disease. the symptoms that I was having were spuratic in the beginning. (3rd - 4th) day, - slight hot & cold feeling as I slept @ night resembling a slight fever, which was uncomfortably noticeable.
Some nausea also. On the 10th - 12th days I had an irritating thin skinned feeling in my hands - washing my hands with cool water would give an icy glow to my hands as well as a cool breze or wind an my hands; super sensitive discomfort. Also while sleeping with my hands under the blankets - I would feel the sensation as if my hands were glowing hot. My lips felt a sight burning also. In addition to those symptoms, I felt as though I was developing sort of a head cold with headache & my eyes hurt. Fatigue was evident. The doctor said to stop the medicine; & that 10 days of doxycycline was enough time to combat the Lymes.

been taking for 8 days now. from the beginning, EXTREME nausea, stomach pain, after 4 days, ringing in ear. nonstop headache from the beginning. also lots of salivating and loss of appetite.

each day, i feel more and more tired, while the infection itself seems to be clearing (based on no more fevers or burning sensation where the infection was).

i hate this drug but fear to stop taking it because the pain of infection and with fever, the infection can spread. I'm going to finish all the way to the 14-day prescription and then take extra care to heal from the antiobiotic. If I wasn't worried about infection spreading - I'd NEVER take this drug.