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Is It Safe To Take Doxycycl Hyc 100mg For Cough ?
my wife has been prescribed doxycycl hyc 100 mg to take 1 capsule two times pre day. She has completed the dosage and after 8 days does not seem to be getting any better. Still has strong cough, headache. Dr said to call if she has any fever. Not sure what is going on.
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Sun, 6 Jul 2014
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Hello
Your wife is having strong cough from last 8 days in spite of treatment with doxycyclin 100 mg twice in day.
Cough present as such .
Your wife is also having headache .
Doxycycline is a bacteriostatic drug used in susceptible infection, uncomplicated gonorrhea , relapsing fever & louse-borne typhus, prophylaxis of scub typhus .
Since your wife is having cough , so there are so many reasons of such symptoms , these include.
1 Allergic bronchitis , usually I prescribe in such cases terbutalin+chlorapheniramine maleat + dextromethorphan syrup 2 TSF twice in a day.
I also recommend levofloxacin 750 mg / day ( once in day ) .
2 Since 8 days passed and headache and cough still present , so this may be due to tuberculosis . Get in X RAY chest with blood for C B C & E S R ( if very high > 80 mm of 1st hour then consider about some chronic infection like tuberculosis.
3 Asthmatic allergic bronchitis may be the another such cause in such cases .
Some bronchodilator will help such as salbutamol tablet .
In my opinion consult another physician and get his opinion.
Good luck.
Your wife is having strong cough from last 8 days in spite of treatment with doxycyclin 100 mg twice in day.
Cough present as such .
Your wife is also having headache .
Doxycycline is a bacteriostatic drug used in susceptible infection, uncomplicated gonorrhea , relapsing fever & louse-borne typhus, prophylaxis of scub typhus .
Since your wife is having cough , so there are so many reasons of such symptoms , these include.
1 Allergic bronchitis , usually I prescribe in such cases terbutalin+chlorapheniramine maleat + dextromethorphan syrup 2 TSF twice in a day.
I also recommend levofloxacin 750 mg / day ( once in day ) .
2 Since 8 days passed and headache and cough still present , so this may be due to tuberculosis . Get in X RAY chest with blood for C B C & E S R ( if very high > 80 mm of 1st hour then consider about some chronic infection like tuberculosis.
3 Asthmatic allergic bronchitis may be the another such cause in such cases .
Some bronchodilator will help such as salbutamol tablet .
In my opinion consult another physician and get his opinion.
Good luck.