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Posted 4/28/2017 7:04 AM (GMT -5)
Okay so I was taking minocycline for about a week or so and it started to be too much for me, I felt like I had a hangover 24/7 so my LLMD has prescribed me tetracycline, which I am taking today with breakfast. What should I eat before taking my tetracycline? Thank you smile
Posted 4/28/2017 7:27 AM (GMT -5)
Do you need to eat to not feel nauseous? Most ABX I've take say not to take close to meals, but in the Lyme community most folks need something in there stomach, especially on doxy. What does you bottle of Tetra say? I think mine sates not to take with food, but I'm not at home to check.

I use to have a cast iron stomach and take my morning 20 or so pills while drinking my GSE/ACS/Herbal Tincture cocktail... all on an empty stomach. Now I drink my herbal cocktail first thing am then drive to work and take the pills at my desk.
Posted 4/28/2017 8:09 AM (GMT -5)
Mine says do not take with food but my main symptoms of lyme are GI symptoms, my dr said to take with food. I don't have any herbs or anything and my dr said to stay away from white breads and not to eat dairy until about 1-2 hours after taking tetracycline
Posted 4/28/2017 11:19 AM (GMT -5)
Ya the reason for the dairy is because the calcium can bind to the medication and flush it out of your system.

Ideally you'd want to do it without food, but if you have to for GI reasons, make sure you're taking it with foods that are NOT high in calcium, iron, or magnesium.
Posted 4/28/2017 11:22 AM (GMT -5)
Ask your doctor if you can do soda crackers.

The last pills I took that upset my stomach, my doc said to eat 2 crackers and that really helped.
Posted 4/28/2017 11:59 AM (GMT -5)
whats the reason for not taking it with calcium or iron? I have greek yogurt (plain) and a probiotic I will be taking soon I have to wait about another hour I want to make sure the antibiotic is doing its job before I add the probiotics in
Posted 4/28/2017 12:31 PM (GMT -5)
i take amoxicillin, so my abx go with breakfast and dinner, my probiotics with lunch and right before bed. I like to leave as much space between probx and abx as I can.
Posted 4/28/2017 12:44 PM (GMT -5)

elymenate said...
whats the reason for not taking it with calcium or iron? I have greek yogurt (plain) and a probiotic I will be taking soon I have to wait about another hour I want to make sure the antibiotic is doing its job before I add the probiotics in

You must not have read the other posts - it can make those particular antibiotics less effective if you take with calcium, magnesium or iron.


Yes, you want to take the probiotic a couple hours away from the antibiotics...not just because dairy will interfere with absorption...but also because the antibiotics can kill off the good bacteria (in the probiotic) if they are in the stomach together.
Posted 4/28/2017 1:25 PM (GMT -5)
Yeah that's generally what I have been doing, probiotics at lunch and before bed, and anti biotics with breakfast and dinner
Posted 4/28/2017 1:29 PM (GMT -5)
that makes perfect sense girlie
Posted 4/28/2017 2:51 PM (GMT -5)
My basic rule for antibiotics is if at all possible take on an empty stomach, away from other supplements (unless otherwise indicated for absorbtion reasons (i.e. atovaquone).

That being said, doxycycline made me puke it up if I took it on an empty stomach, so I took it with meals, but avoiding the minerals that tend to binding of the doxy.
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