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What would be the reason a doctor might not prescribe doxycycline hyclate to an elderly patient?
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Alters GI flora: Likely because doxycycline alters gastrointestinal Flora and can cause Clostridium difficile infection and elders can be more at risk
Answered 3/4/2015
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Hard to say: Most commonly it would be related to either a drug drug interaction or an adverse reaction to doxycycline in the past. Otherwise it's actually a reasonably well tolerated medication.
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