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Doxycycline for Ocular Rosacea User Reviews

Brand names: Vibramycin, Monodox, Adoxa, Doryx, Oracea, Doxy 100, Avidoxy, Acticlate, Doryx MPC, Doxy-Caps, Targadox, Morgidox, LymePak, Mondoxyne NL, Doxy-D, Oraxyl, Alodox, Adoxa Pak, Adoxa TT, Adoxa CK, Uracil Okebo Doxy 200 …show all brand names

Rating: 3.2

Doxycycline has an average rating of 3.2 out of 10 from a total of 5 reviews for the treatment of ocular rosacea. 20% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 80% reported a negative experience.

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  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • May 8, 2015

Doxycycline "I have mild rosacea but experienced ocular rosacea/blepharitis for the first time a year ago. The ophthalmologist told me that it was chronic and prescribed all sorts of things that didn't work. Months later, I saw a new dermatologist. She prescribed Oracea, which put me out of my misery. The skin on and under my eyes had become dry and sore from doing hot compresses four times a day. It is a pity that the pharmaceutical company prices it so high that most cannot get relief, seems awfully greedy to me!"

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • February 28, 2019

"My eye doc put me on 20 mg 2x a day. At first, I felt fine. No nausea or headache. Three or four days later, headache and uncomfortable pressure in my head. I drove to work and actually felt drunk and out of body. At night, fatigue and very tired. Depression set in, and I was irritable and had thoughts of major life changes (such as quitting my job!). This is very unusual. I called the doc, and they told me to quit taking it, to which I fully agreed. I obviously cannot tolerate even this low of a dose."

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  • January 29, 2016

"Limited benefit for me. I have been on doxy for 6 months now to help with my severe eye rash. I only feel better for 5 hours, and then I have to take another pill. Absolutely no long-term benefit or even complete benefit throughout the day. I shouldn't be using doxycycline for this long, so I'm switching to Chinese medicine. All I can say is that it's useful for a quick fix, but really bad for long term."

2 / 10
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  • MPa...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • January 4, 2020

"This drug works very well for ocular rosacea. That being said, it also gave me esophagitis and severe stomach pain. I could not tolerate it more than 9 days. My GI doc told me anyone with stomach issues should not be taking this as the damage outweighs the benefits. I followed the instructions to a T, even stood for an hour after taking it to make sure it went down. In the end, it didn’t matter."

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  • February 5, 2022

"Threw up 30 minutes after taking. I ate food and took the pill, still sick. Stomach felt horrible. Stopped after 12 days, stomach much better."

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