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Can Spacing Out Doxycycline 100 Mg Dosage Prevent Its Side Effects?

I have been taking Doxycycline for the last 6 months for acne scarring. At first I was prescribed 100mg, once a day, but found that I was getting extremely nauseous, so severe that I wouldn’t be able to eat for hours. I was switched to a lower dose, 50mg once a day, but have not been seeing as good of results as I was with the 100mg. I’m wondering if I could maybe space out the 50mg intake, so that I would still be getting the 100mg a day without getting the nauseous side effects?
posted on Sat, 18 Aug 2018
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Hi,

Sometimes Doxycycline is prescribed 50 mg twice a day, so I think it would be very reasonable to space the 100 mg/day into two separate doses.

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Can Spacing Out Doxycycline 100 Mg Dosage Prevent Its Side Effects?

Hi, Sometimes Doxycycline is prescribed 50 mg twice a day, so I think it would be very reasonable to space the 100 mg/day into two separate doses. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.