TREATMENT DATABASE
Doxycycline is a tetracycline antibiotic that is used to treat acne, urinary tract infections, intestinal infections, eye infections, gonorrhea, chlamydia, periodontitis (gum disease), rosacea and Lyme disease. In ME/CFS it is primarily used to treat secondary infections.
Rating | Side Effects | Reason for Treatment | Dosage / Duration | Age | Sex M/F | # of years Ill | Additional Comments | Illness Severity | Date Added |
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5 | Severe depression. | For immune modulation, anti-inflammatory properties and possibly to take care of a lyme infection. | 1 month 100mg 2X day | 32 | Male | 4 | It gave me 15% improvement in my energy but subsided 6 weeks after discontinuation. | Moderate | 10/29/17 |
2 | None | For the Nicholson protocol that suggested some form of bacterial cause of ME | 6 month 100 mg 2X day | 67 | Male | 26 | Did nothing for me apart from clearing a couple of minor skin infections. | Moderate/Severe | 09/14/19 |
3 | Some belly ache | To treat fatigue due to CFS | 60 day 200mg a.m., 100 mg p.m. 2X day | 60 | Female | 30 | Bell | Moderate | 12/04/20 |