Been on doxy for about a month now, started to get discomfort and pain in stomach and my gp put me on omeprazole. Reading side effects, other reports and how my eyes felt over last few days I suspect it may be bad for my eyes. As far as I can tell it's common problem with anti-acid meds, does anyone know of one that is eye safe? I'll ask my gp for that instead of leaving him to pick one at random!
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This is what I do. I take my doxy at breakfast with food. Every night I either have yogurt or I take a probiotic. Before I go to bed I take omeprazole. I have stomach problems and don't know if it will help you I can only tell you what works for me.
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I also take a probiotic. I don't know if what you do will help now I have a problem or if were taking same dosage. Do you think omeprazole causes you any problems with your eyes such as increased dryness or inflammation?prevention is better than cure, but not for eyes?
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I must use omeprazole anyway - separate issue.
I use minocycline as an alternative to doxy; it is slow release so easier on what is already a sensitive stomach.
I also wondered if omeprazole was drying my eyes even more - I didn't take it for a while and my eyes didn't feel any better so I'm back on it. A probiotic is a good idea.
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I know Doxy can cause reflux...it happened to me many times. But I want to add something else to think about here. Stomach lowering drugs have a nasty side to them. They deplete your body of essential nutrients, especially those nutrients required for eye health and 'mental' health. We need stomach acid to absorb nutrients in food, and to sterilize food. Reflux is actually caused from "low" stomach acid, rather than too much of it.
Once you know what's causing the reflux you can do something about it. Whilst a doctor may tell you it's from a weak lower esophageal sphincter, that's only an "effect" of something else.
Rather, take Digestive enzymes, soothe the stomach lining with slippery elm, licorice root, manuka honey, aloe vera and an upper digestive probiotic and go on Zinc carnosine. These will start to bring the system into balance again and normalize gut function. Reflux will thus diminish.
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Minocycline dosage 100mg daily
Omeprazole 20mg daily
I had to have surgery to fix hiatus hernia several years ago; drugs hadn't helped and it was a measure of last resort. I still have take omeprazole because I have an inflamed stomach lining. That, combined with diet and lifestyle is my way of managing it. Not ideal but everything seems to be compromise, trial and error etc.
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Thanks for replying everyone.
Originally posted by No tears in ATL View PostWhat is your dosage? I am on doxy but a low dosage (20mg), and no stomach issues to report. My doctors say 20mg is pretty much all that is needed to counter inflammation. Would a lower dosage be an option?
Originally posted by DCRdryeye View PostI know Doxy can cause reflux...it happened to me many times. But I want to add something else to think about here. Stomach lowering drugs have a nasty side to them. They deplete your body of essential nutrients, especially those nutrients required for eye health and 'mental' health. We need stomach acid to absorb nutrients in food, and to sterilize food. Reflux is actually caused from "low" stomach acid, rather than too much of it.
Once you know what's causing the reflux you can do something about it. Whilst a doctor may tell you it's from a weak lower esophageal sphincter, that's only an "effect" of something else.
Rather, take Digestive enzymes, soothe the stomach lining with slippery elm, licorice root, manuka honey, aloe vera and an upper digestive probiotic and go on Zinc carnosine. These will start to bring the system into balance again and normalize gut function. Reflux will thus diminish.
Originally posted by Hope4Johni View PostI drink 8 oz. of water then take the doxy (100 MG) then drink another 8 oz. of water. Do not lie down after taking the doxy. You may take it with food, also. Have been taking doxy for over two years with no stomach problems.prevention is better than cure, but not for eyes?
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I took doxy for 6 weeks and it helped a bit, but I stopped because of digestion issues. A couple of months later I wanted to try it again and this time I drank a small glass of kombucha (a probiotic that tastes very good) every day, and that did the trick for me. I no longer take doxy because I had probing three months ago and it seemed to have "cured" my MGD, at least temporarily.
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