What Causes Pressure In Head After Having Doxycycline?

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2015

Medically reviewed by Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 Answered on

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 Last reviewed on

Question : I'm taking doxycycline hyclate for Ureaplasma. I'm feeling pressure in my head everytime I take it. Abit of dizziness and it's hard to swallow my spit too. Is this okay for a 19 year old boy, 150 pounds 6 feet 2 inches? 100 mg capsules twice daily

Answered by Dr. Neel Kudchadkar (-3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Take this medication instead, and get better the "easy" way.

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXX;

I am Dr. Neel Kudchadkar and I will help you now.
I appreciate very much your indepth interest in getting rid of this infection.

I will directly and politely ask you to stop Doxycycline. This medicine has side effects that are rather not agreeable you. Why don't you take Azithromycin instead? Nowadays, that is the best alternative. You have to take a 5 day course and you're cured.

This sounds good. Especially considering that the other alternative is an injection of a different sort of medication, and that is rather disagreeable.

Kindly visit a local doctor for confirmation and prescription and get better soon!

If you have any further questions, just feel free to contact me at this link:

http://bit.ly/askdrneel
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
Medical Consultant
Healthcaremagic.com

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad