doxycycline questions (marjorie?)

May 1, 2002

This was clearly meant for public consumption, from mschmidt:

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Hi! I too found this information helpful, and

doxycycline has been great for me, I certainly hope it

helps you too ! I have a couple of other

questions though:

How long should you be on doxy (ideally--realizing

everyone is different)? Does this time differ if you

were taking tetracycline previously?

Also, when you go off, it is best to taper off, as in

1 tablet daily, then working down to every other day

for some specified time? Any advice is appreciated!

And Marjorie, I'm glad you're here! Thanks to

EVERYONE in this group--really for the suggestions on

what works (& didn't work) for them. I've learned

lots from this group. And I continue say a little

prayer daily for all us battling the big R! Regards -

Michele

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Michele, typically antibiotics (any type or combination) are taken

for 6-12 weeks, sometimes longer.

As I recently said, I just don't know if tapering is required. I

wouldn't think it's necessary unless one suspects the person will not

be able to discontinue oral antibiotics entirely without an

exacerbation, but I don't know.

Thanks for the kind words.

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

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