How does doxycycline kill bacteria
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doryx
Hi there!
I just have a question about an antibiotic I am about to start taking tomorrow.
I have hidradenitis suppurativa and have just finished a course of doxycycline which I was on for 6 months.
Tomorrow I am starting a new course of cindamycin hydrochloride and when I went to the pharmacist I was advised by the chemist to take a pro biotic which contains 12.5 billion lactobacillus acidophilus (NCFM) organisms and 12.5 billion ifidobacterium lactis organisms.
I was just wondering..
I think that will do the trick. I would be curious to learn if it comes back. Assuming no re-infection from your partner, Chlamydia is fairly easy to kill and not likely to become resistant due to the structure of the bacteria. However, there are some cases that supposedly have developed resistance to Azithromycin or Doxycycline.
I was treated with the US center for disease control's recommended standard dose of 1G of Azithromycin, and it did not work.
i was reading the paper that comes with oracea~doxycycline and it says it doesnt kill bacteria now im getting worried because minocycline does kill bacteria now im worried i will break out more from the oracea.it says its for rosacea but doest oracea work to kill acne to or no?and the differin gel 0.3% isnt this not as strong drying to dry up pimples as retin a micro 0.1%?
Good question. I don't have a scientific definition for it, but a cyst-buster is medication given to dissolve or break through gooey formations (I picture them as being like ... big zits) in areas of the body that create a protective barrier where bacteria may hide.
Because of that barrier, the human immune system cannot find and kill the bacteria, but a 'cyst-buster' drug can break through the barrier so the immune system can find and kill the bacteria inside the cyst.
It might or might not kill the bacteria, it depends on the dosage and consistency and some other things. Doxycycline is not always effective vs gonococci, so, no guarantees here.
Taking antibiotics would certainly mess with your test results. So, you should complete your doxycycline regimen first then test in a week or two.
One of the main points to understand about bacteriostatic antibiotics [that is, those that stop bacteria from reproducing but do not kill the bacteria] is that they are usually effective in debilitating bacteria only when bacteria reproduce.
"This is significant for two reasons.
"First, it is believed that dormant Lyme bacteria don’t reproduce, which diminishes bacteriostatic antibiotic’s effectiveness in fighting Lyme disease.
blot and ELISA tests are structured to look in your blood for *antibodies* made by your immune system to kill the Lyme bacteria, but there is a problem with this straightforward view: the Lyme bacteria can and do *suppress* the creation of the antibodies. Result: if the W.
hello, everyone~
so, i was reading burrascano's treatment guidelines re: antibiotics which i thought were interesting. i found the following passage:
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There are four types of antibiotics in general use for Bb treatment. The tetracyclines, including doxycycline and minocycline, are bacteriostatic unless given in high doses. If high blood levels are not attained, treatment failures in early and late disease are common.
Is it safe to do so, or will I be increasing the likelihood of the acne bacteria forming resistance and coming back stronger since I still have a few pimples??
If I do start to break out once I stop taking it, would it be okay or worthwhile to start taking it again?
Thanks heaps!
My LLMD and LLND said that once a patient is asymptomatic for 3 months they stop treatment and the belief is that your own immune system has been built back up enough to continue the fight on its own, as it does with other bacteria on a daily basis. I know there are some of you who don't agree with that.
When you take an antibiotic like doxycycline, it will kill off some probiotics. This will completely change the gut flora balance. It can be that something nasty has started to grow, or that just some of the batceria are unbalanced.
If you have probiotic imbalance, some bugs might produce more gas than before, and the increase in gas will slow down the fecal passage.
There are some approaches to change this, depending on what has happened.
How affective is doxycycline 100mg when taken for a period of seven days to cure infections and std's present in the body alone with a shot a penicillin.
Im taking doxycycline hyclate 100 mg for 5 day...
Mary, the prevacid will not kill off the bacteria. Your doc is not correctly handling the bacterial problem - if that problem is indeed H. pylori. He's going against the currently recommended treatment for the problem and he may be unfortunately prolonging your discomfort. Stomach issues such as reflux, GERD, etc., are hard enough to handle, so he's not doing you any favors.
Im currently on diflucan and Doxycycline, diflucan so no candida can grow out of control and the doxycycline to kill the bad bacteria. Its been one week and no results...is that normal? Will it take a month or 2 of antibiotics to see any improvement in my symptoms? Or should I ask my doctor to switch my antibiotics to something stronger?
What can I do to get the good bacteria to grow in my system again. My diet is no grains or breads or anything like that. Just vegetables and protein.
I have horrible acne and was prescribed doxycycline. I take orthrotricyclen, does anyone know if they interfere?
Weirdly enough the onset took place after having a calzone and pizza. Does any think that it could be caused by the doxycycline, has anyone heard of gastritis from taking an antibiotic for such short period of time? -- I was prescribed Prevacid. If eat something "fattening" the pain does not travel all over like before but rather stays stationed on the left upper abdominal region.
hi i have a question, ive heard that antibiotics kill off the good bacteria, since may of this year i have been on keflex Twice, Cipro Twice, Doxycycline Twice, Bactrim Twice, Azthromycin Twice and have 3 rocephin shots. now thats alot of antibiotics, and i have noticed that i have some intertrigo yeast, under my stomach and in my crotch and scrotum area. is the antibiotics why?
hi dr, many thanks for your response
i suspected this might be the cause because no other bacterial infection has been found in me
however i tried to explain this to my local doctor this morning to no avail, she didnt know what this was
im hoping to get an appointment with a urologist so i can get tested for it
i know there is only certain antibiotics for this as it is a hard bacteria to kill, doctor give me a weeks worth of doxycline to take but i know first hand this wont be enough as i ha
The thing about antibiotics is they are really great when it comes to getting over symptoms of various conditions and also a good cure but they kill all bacteria in their path including the good ones which are necessary for better digestion. Definitely, advise him to take some probiotics. This can be yogurts, kefir or probiotic supplements.
I have used one such supplement called Flourish Probiotics by Eu Natural and it was really good.
I though may be its due to that sickness but after i recoverd i checked with doc where he did all std together test and found ureaplasma pervum...he gave doxycycline antibiotic for 15 days but now i still feel pain in penis..
1.this issue is dangrous for pregnancy of my wife
2.any issue for mu sperm quality
3.
My question is if i have unprotected sex with my partner this week and we take doxycycline will it be safe to assume that the antibiotics will kill anything I may have picked up from yesterdays encounter that could go on to cause NGU - eg. normal oral bacteria etc and that you don't need to wait two weeks after an event for antibiotics to work?
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