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Took 3 doses of doxycycline and it is killing my stomach even with food. when i sip water it feels like im swallowing rocks. what do i do?

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Dr. David Liu answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Esophagitis: You should speak to the provider who started you on the doxycycline. Pill esophagitis, or irrigation of the food pipe, is a well known complication of doxycycline.

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Answered 12/29/2016

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