Help with medicine: doxycycline (antibiotic) for Lyme Disease??????

Tags: doxycycline, antibiotic, antibiotics, Chest Pain, Chest pains, Medicine
I am taking doxycycline (antibiotic) , would chest pains be a side effect ?
I have researched the drug, so far I have found:

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severe headache, dizziness, blurred vision;
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fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms;
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severe blistering, peeling, and red skin rash;
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urinating less than usual or not at all;
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pale or yellowed skin, dark colored urine, fever, confusion or weakness;
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severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back, nausea and vomiting, fast heart rate;
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loss of appetite, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); or
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easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness.



Those are listed side effects, could my chest pains (ONLY since taking this medicine) be a side effect of this drug? Never EVER had chest pains of any kind?

Any docs out there help me quick? haha.

I think where it says "pain in stomach spreading to back..." can be apart of this?



It hurts so bad :( I live in CT, and my doc diagnosed me w Lyme Disease...please help.

[lizdoll]

I run a support group for people with Multiple Sclerosis and we follow a science-based approach known as the Best Bet Diet. In short, the research shows that by raising levels of circulating vitamin d3, combined with a diet that is both anti-inflamatory and avoids all the food groups with the potential to provoke myelin sensitive T cells via autoimmune reactions(dairy, gluten and legumes), the affected individual may be able to arrest the condition in its tracks.

Initial results are very encouraging and we are about to launch a worldwide research project, based on a specially developed Electronic Food Diary, known by the acronym TASTE.

However, one of our number is having problems which we cannot really address. She is convinced she has Lyme disease and wishes to try Doxycycline at 500mg doze but has hit a brick wall.

Jenny lives in Canterbury, Kent, and her Neurologist has diagnosed her as having both MS and Parkinsons. Her GP is annoyed at Jenny's refusal to take any of the MS drugs and dismisses the possibility of Lyme disease out of hand. As a result, she can get neither a test for the condition nor a script for Doxy. Jenny is a widow in her sixties and her health is so poor she can no longer use a computer and struggles even to make a phone call. She is barely eating at all and has adverse reactions to all grains, most nuts and potatoes. peppers and tomatoes(nightshade family). The prospect of her having the strength to wage a campaign against NHS inadequacies is remote to say the least.

Any advice would be gratefully received and, in particular, would anyone know of a practitioner in the South East corner of England who could both perform the test and subsequently provide her with Doxy?

She is considering trying to buy the drug online and I fear for her.

Andrew

[cindy903]

500 mg is a massive dose.

I tried 400 and was ready to admit myself into any hospital that would have me.

Another well versed Lyme member here has a doctor who gradually increased her dosage every week until 400 was reached. There is also a special doxy pill that does not cause digestion problems.

Anyways, living in the U.S. have no idea. Keep searching . . . there's bound to be someone. Glad you guys with M.S. are SO proactive.

Wish Lyme folks would ban together for some common good. . . I bet we would if we could just get ourselves organized.

that is a problem for us as it can affect our memory.

[lizdoll]

Thanks Cindy

I've posted the message again, as a separate topic, and hope for feedback from SE England within the next few days. I actually run the MS-Diet Support Group Telephone Helpline and I can answer any questions on the role of diet and vitamin D in the treatment and prevention of MS but this one really threw me. I promised Jenny that I would find out as much as I could and call her back by Tuesday 28th Oct. She is such a lovely lady to speak to and it seems like her GP and Neuro are being as awkward as possible.

She was the one who suggested the 500mg doze and she seemed .most adamant that she had read some research on it.

Kind regards

Drew