When to use Doxy?

[irish eyes]

Ouch Aaron! The idea of debris from metal particles of the blade sounds as though it would cause anyone agitation.

A daily dose of 10,000 mg sounds on the high side to me, leaving aside 20,000 mg! I'm unsure how much my actual intake is because I eat lots of oily fish etc anyway.

We are talking about a supplement here - I would think that the liver might start objecting after a while! Why not start on a lower dose to see if there are any benefits - and then increase it a little at a time?

[clairvoyant]

grats man! sounds like he knows what he's doing. good luck on a speedy recovery

[Aaron77]

So the opthamologist I went to today gave me some doxy and erthromycin ointment, he has recommended warm compresses 2 times daily for five minutes with lid massage and lid wash. Also told me to start using refresh plus. Will be back to see him in about 6 weeks to see how I'm progressing. Hopefully the doxy does the trick.

I find that the erthromycin ointment seems to make my eyes feel a bit dryer in the middle of the night. The warm compresses give me a stinging feeling in my eyes and make my vision a little blurry for a bit.

If the doxy and the other stuff does'nt help out the doc said he's going to put in an order for restasis.

I was at a friends place that had 2 cats last night, my right eye started to burn pretty bad but never got red, I think the allergies are another major problem i have.

[RobLIC]

Hey Aaron. It's Rob in Queens. PLEASE don't up your fish oil dose that much without talking to a doctor. My docs in NY all say 3,000 is the most you should be doing.

MORE important, the issue of debris: many of us who had LASIK with a microkeratome have that. Even happy post-LASIK people have it. The question you need to answer is whether there are INFLAMMATORY cells around the debris. I'm not saying it's "OK" to have the debris - it sucks, by and large. But the debris alone may not be causing you pain IF there are no inflammatory cells associated with it. Believe me, I've considered having my flaps ripped out and am seeing a transplant specialist next month to discuss it again, but the odds are that debris alone is not the cause of your problems.

[Aaron77]

Doc has me on 50mg/day Doxy, what type of dose has worked for others?

How did you find your skins sensitivity to sunlight while on doxy? I've heard it can do real bad things.

[RobLIC]

Seems to me a lot of docs like to start patients on a high dose (with me it was 200 mg) to "jump start" matters, then somewhat quickly dial you back to a less a stomach-irritating 40 or 50 mg. You'll probably start farting a lot on 200 mg ...

I'm still meaning to call the pharm and see about a drop instead of the pills. Taking pills for your eye just seems weird to me! Will ask Latkany about this next week, too.

My skin has always been sensitive - I'm just a pale-faced Jewish boy from New York - but it was probably a bit more so during the high doxy dosings.