Question for my Pharmacists!

Where are my lovely pharmacists? I have a question. My derm. prescribed DOXYCYCLINE DELAYED-RELEASE TABLET - ORAL ( Doryx) for acne

He told me to take it before bed but on webmd it says not to lay down right after taking it

should i take those pills ( i forget what they are called but they contain that GOOD bacteria) to prevent a yeast infection?

should i worry about my BC?


THANKS!!

first if it says to wait 30 min before laying down you have to do that!.. he just means at night when your home and not going to be out! and usually when you say before bed that means youll have at least 6 hours of not operating any machinery and that stuff.

i dont think you need to take the yeast infection stuff because it should tamper with your normal flora (learned what that was today) which is the good bacteria (yeast). but you can always check with your doc. i dont think so tho.

bcp.. unless it says it in the paper that they sent with the RX it should be fine !

acidopholis (sp?) or eat yogurt!!
my nursing drug book says nothing about laying down or taking before bed but it does say not to take with dairy and may cause photosensitivity (be careful in hte sun you can get burned easier) and if it starts to cause stomach pain take with food. hth!

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Posted by pov121

acidopholis (sp?) or eat yogurt!!
my nursing drug book says nothing about laying down or taking before bed but it does say not to take with dairy and may cause photosensitivity (be careful in hte sun you can get burned easier) and if it starts to cause stomach pain take with food. hth!

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YES that is what its called i forgot! LOL

i was calling it encephilitis ( sp?) LOL and that is definitely NOT what i want!

i gotta get what ever book you have!!! pharm is coming and i need to do well!!

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Posted by Soon2BMrsD

i gotta get what ever book you have!!! pharm is coming and i need to do well!!

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eeewww pharm...it is my lippincotts nursing drug guide from when i was in nursing school! (if you ever need help let me know!

thanks!!!

yes, you always have to use a back up method when you're taking antibiotics. Uh...i don't know if you want to actually know the reason why or not...hahaha...but yeah....use a back up while you're on the doxy.

Oh...and the doxy can be really irritating to your stomach and esophagus, so that's why they tell you not to lie down right afterwards (usually we tell people wait 1/2 hour). Because when you lie down, sometimes your stomach contents come back up a little (like when you have acid reflux) and with the doxy in your tummy, it may cause some major irritation. It also helps to take it with a lot of water.

omg i so want to know why!

honestly, i didnt even know they were antibiotics until i looked it up on webmd! i am sucha nerd i always read all of the patient info but like i said - it was a sample so i didnt get any of that!

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Posted by jenlen

yes, you always have to use a back up method when you're taking antibiotics. Uh...i don't know if you want to actually know the reason why or not...hahaha...but yeah....use a back up while you're on the doxy.

Oh...and the doxy can be really irritating to your stomach and esophagus, so that's why they tell you not to lie down right afterwards (usually we tell people wait 1/2 hour). Because when you lie down, sometimes your stomach contents come back up a little (like when you have acid reflux) and with the doxy in your tummy, it may cause some major irritation. It also helps to drink it with a lot of water.

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I want to know the real reason....

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Posted by ant n tilde

omg i so want to know why!

honestly, i didnt even know they were antibiotics until i looked it up on webmd! i am sucha nerd i always read all of the patient info but like i said - it was a sample so i didnt get any of that!

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hahaha okay...here goes....after you take your birth control pills and it reaches your intestines, the bacteria in your intestines (the good ones that are normally there) sort of 'digests' it and then your body reabsorbes it...and that's where you get your efficacy from.

When you take an antibiotic, it wipes out all bacteria, good AND bad. So you lose the bacteria in your intestines...and so you don't get as much 'digestion' of your BC pill so to speak. So you're not getting as much of the medication compared to when you're off your antibiotics.

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Posted by SeaMaiden

i swear by sugar-free cranberry juice to prevent urinary tract infections, i used to get them all the time before i started taking cranberry pills(sorry if TMI, lol). its not scientifically proven or anything but it always does to trick.

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hahaha, yeah, even when I do get one (sorry, also TMI!!!!), I never take antibiotics to get rid of it. I just chug down like a gallon of cranberry juice....and I'm fine the next day.

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Posted by jenlen

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Posted by ant n tilde

omg i so want to know why!

honestly, i didnt even know they were antibiotics until i looked it up on webmd! i am sucha nerd i always read all of the patient info but like i said - it was a sample so i didnt get any of that!

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hahaha okay...here goes....after you take your birth control pills and it reaches your intestines, the bacteria in your intestines (the good ones that are normally there) sort of 'digests' it and then your body reabsorbes it...and that's where you get your efficacy from.

When you take an antibiotic, it wipes out all bacteria, good AND bad. So you lose the bacteria in your intestines...and so you don't get as much 'digestion' of your BC pill so to speak. So you're not getting as much of the medication compared to when you're off your antibiotics.

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yay thanks i love stuff like that - when i go to the doctor i am so annoying i want to know every single reaction and why it happens! there was a pharmacy where i used to work so i am friends with the pharmacists - every time i get a prescription i always have to know exactly how it works!