Has anyone tried Doxycycline oral prophylaxis ?

[Sunshine404]

Hi everyone,

I have bronchiectasis and I’m currently dealing with a fungal infection mixed with a bacterial one. My doctor recently switched my inhaler from Seretide to Fostair. Additionally, I’ve been prescribed Itraconazole for the next four months.

Previously, I was on azithromycin prophylaxis, but it hasn’t been effective for me. My doctor has now advised switching to doxycycline prophylaxis.

Has anyone here taken doxycycline as a prophylactic treatment? If so, could you please share your experiences regarding its effectiveness and any side effects you encountered?

Thank you so much for your help!

[Ergendl]

I only took doxy for a week for an infected finger joint that was resistant to other antibiotics, and it stopped it in a few days. No side effects at all, following the instructions.

Hope others will soon come along to say how they get on with doxy for prophylactic use.

[helenlw7]

I was switched from Azithromycin to Doxycycline when I was prescribed a new Rheumatoid Arthritis med, which wasn’t compatible with Azithromycin. Unfortunately I had 3 chest infections in 4 months, the last one turning to pneumonia and 7 weeks in hospital. I’m now back on Azithromycin and infection free!

[6538 in reply to helenlw7]

I have Doxycycline in my rescue pack, been successful, but not straight away took about eight or nine days after a five day course to feel any benefits never felt five day course was enough, sooner or later it will lose its potency and I will be prescribed something else,

take care

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