The reason you have to sit up for 30 minutes after taking doxycycline is to prevent the medicine from irritating your food pipe or stomach.
You should avoid lying down for at least 30 minutes after taking doxycycline.
Do not take Doxycycline immediately before going to bed. While you are lying down the pill can reflux back up into the esophagus, where it can irritate or even ulcerate the lining of the esophagus.
Take it at least 1 hour before bedtime.
You do NOT have to avoid milk products when taking this medication.
Absorption of Doxycycline is rapid (effective concentrations are attained as from the first hour), and the peak serum concentration occurs after 2 to 4 hours.
Almost all of the Doxycycline is absorbed in the upper part of the digestive tract.
Absorption of Doxycycline is not modified by administration with meals, and milk has little effect.
Both dairy products and iron-rich foods can interfere with doxycycline if taken at the same time.
Avoid eating these foods within two hours of your doxycycline dose.
Some foods you should avoid taking with doxycycline include milk, butter, cheese, eggs, kale, and spinach.
Take doxycycline with food and a large glass of water to wash them down.
Doxycycline can cause severe indigestion and problems with your throat and oesophagus (gut) if the tablets are not swallowed properly.
A 3-day course of doxycycline appears to be as effective as a 7-day course of doxycycline for the treatment of uncomplicated chlamydia cervicitis.
Doxycycline is an antibiotic drug that kills a wide, weird and wonderful range of bugs that are often difficult to treat with other antibiotics.
These include bacteria and parasites that take up residence inside our cells (called “intracellular organisms”), making them hard for most antibiotics to reach.
Doxycycline is used to treat many different bacterial infections, such as acne, urinary tract infections, intestinal infections, respiratory infections, eye infections, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, periodontitis (gum disease), and others.