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A 29-year-old male asked:

I was just prescribed doxycycline twice a day for tooth infection by one of your doctors it is causing some side effects that are very hard to deal with can i please get a different antibiotic?

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Dr. Philip Schwarzmananswered

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Answered May 16, 2021

Dr. William Jakavickanswered

39 years experience

Doxycycline is not the drug of choice for a tooth infection. i would request a change to either amoxicillin or clindamycin

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