Important information Doxycycline

The treatment lasts 7 days. Take 1 pill in the morning and 1 pill in the evening.
Take the tablets with plenty of water, milk or food.
Take the tablets sitting or standing. Do not take them just before going to sleep.
Drink little to no alcohol during this week.
Do you use calcium pill, multivitamins, iron tablets, magnesium tablets, antacids or Rennies? Then take the doxycycline tablet 2 hours before taking any of these.
The pills may cause side effects. Sometimes you get diarrhoea. Women can develop vaginal complaints.
Do not sunbathe or use a sunbed during the week that you are taking tablets.
Do not have sex and do not masturbate during the time you take the medication, nor the whole week after that.
Do your symptoms last? Please call the GGD nurse on telephone number (050) 3674083 on Monday till Friday from 9.00 till 10.30 am.