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Can i drink alcohol whilst taking doxycycline for treatment of chlamydia?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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Alcohol and medicine: Yes. But, it may slightly delay your full recovery. I often recommend to my patients that they do not take their medicine with alcohol and to make sure that the pill was taken at a different time then when you have a belly full of alcohol.

Answered 5/23/2018

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Didnt have pid but ogbyn gave a second 7 day dose of doxycycline so woukd a 14 day dose of doxycycline and a rocephin shot cure gonarrhea & chlamydia. Even if its your second time having chlamydia?

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My partner said he tested pos for chlamydia and he took a one time dose to cure it...I went to ER and they gave me Flagyl 2 gram and doxycycline 100mg and a rosefin shot just incase...No results yet but i woudl like to know if Flagyl cures chlamydia becau

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I was treated with a shot for chlamydia 4 days ago sunday and doxycycline, but still feel tenderness in my testicles. How long does the cure take?

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I took 500mg of azithromycin, then another 500mg four days later, then 300mg of doxycycline (the next day). Is that enough to cure chlamydia?

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