Doxycycline for Pneumonia User Reviews (Page 3)
Brand names: Vibramycin, Monodox, Doryx, Adoxa, Doryx MPC, Oracea, Morgidox, Doxy 100, Avidoxy, Targadox, Uracil, Acticlate, Mondoxyne NL, Doxy-D, Oraxyl, Doxy-Caps, Alodox, Adoxa Pak, Adoxa TT, Adoxa CK, LymePak Okebo Doxy 200 …show all brand names
Reviews for Doxycycline
- Anonymous
- November 21, 2009
"This medication made me throw up within an hour of taking the first capsule."
- Dan...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 16, 2020
"4 days for it to take significant effect... 4 months to fully recover from the walking pneumonia. Highly recommend."
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- IGo...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 18, 2017
"You bunch of crybabies! Just take the antibiotic and whatever comes with it if you want to get better! Toughen up!"
- Gen...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 14, 2019
"Doxycycline worked great to help pneumonia. When I took it on an empty stomach, I had some pretty intense nausea, but when I took it with food - no side effects."
- ste...
- June 2, 2015
"Diagnosed with pneumonia, had been on cefuroxime for an URTI, which didn't really help. Doxy got rid of the infection!"
- Kat...
- September 3, 2018
"Started feeling better after the first day of taking doxycycline."
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- Tro...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 27, 2018
"After contracting pneumonia and influenza, I was prescribed doxycycline for seven days. I was checked by the prescribing physician, and my lungs were found to be clear of infection."
- pau...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 29, 2023
"Well, for whatever reason, they took me off them in the second week and put me on amoxicillin. It was a disaster and sent me backwards. I got back on doxy and started getting better."
- Hay...
- May 20, 2016
"Second day taking it, so I am not completely sure what to expect. The nausea is intense after taking it, although I expected that to happen with a heavier antibiotic. Trying it with an apple tonight."
- kur...
- July 16, 2009
"While taking this medication, it interacted with Dilantin, causing a seizure breakthrough."
- Tad...
- December 12, 2024
"This antibiotic worked for pneumonia and sinus infection when others would not break the crud. Augmentin? Forget about it. I only got worse with that one. I had no side effects with doxycycline."
- Cha...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- June 25, 2019
"3 weeks with pneumonia. Doxycycline doesn't work."
- sea...
- September 27, 2016
"I have been taking this for pneumonia. 2 days, no results. I feel worse this evening than I did when I went to the Dr."
- Bob...
- February 10, 2017
"After 2 days on doxycycline and no real improvement with my bacterial pneumonia."
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"Improved my chest pain in one day. Able to breathe in fully without pain. Had walking pneumonia on the left side. Will continue taking for a full 10 days, although it does give me a headache."