I am on doxycycline for acne. I was wondering if I could crush it and put the powder with food and?
What I am doing is this: I put the powder on my bread then spread peanut butter over it then I eat it
Is doing this ok? Will I still be able to see results for my acne.
Doxycycline for acne crushed?
- Asked
- 23 Apr 2012 by Kaarthiga
- Updated
- 25 Apr 2012
- Topics
- acne, bacterial infection, doxycycline, food
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DzooBaby
24 Apr 2012
Yuck, that cant taste very good! It depends actually. Many doxycycline preparations for acne are extended release. If you are taking only once a day, you can pretty much bet it is extended release. My son takes Solodyn which is an extended release doxycycline which you cant crush or open capsules since they are designed to release over time and if you crush them this defeats the time release. You can look on the bottle to see if you see ER, SR, CR, XL or something like that after doxycycline which would mean it was slow release. Or you could call your pharmacist and he can tell you if it is ok to crush.
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It doesnt taste bad it's ok actually.:) I take doxycycline twice a day. And no there isn't anything ER,SR or anything.
Thanks for responding:)