Doxycycline hyclate shortage and prices - Page 2

Did you try westlab pharmacy in Gainesville, Fl? 1-800-4-westla
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Shortage of Doxy is partly because combined with ivermec, it is a slow kill for heartworms and not dangerous like the immiticide.. Doxy kills the woolbachia parasite that lives inside of heartworms, and when the woolbachia dies the heartworms cannot reproduce.

Aqua,

from all the test they ran in the ER or in your vet's office, did anyone do Idexx C6 or Cornell Multiplex? Either of those would be a clear indication of an active Lyme disease.  As to the doxy, couple of things to keep in mind: it is bacteriostatic, not bactericidal, so it won't actually eliminate the Borrelia. The dose is important as well. Doxy is very hard on the GI tract, causing nausea, indigestion and vomiting, so make sure you give it with food and if possible, in the middle of the meal and you might want to have sucralfate (you need rx for that) handy in cases there are issues. In my experience with Doxy, Pepcid AC and slippery elm do not help much. Liver support (milk thistle) would also be helpful. Couple of places to check for more info and you can always PM me.

http://saluqi.home.netcom.com/ticklinks.htm
https://sites.google.com/site/tickbornediseaseindogs/lyme

As to the Doxy prices, Walgreens has an almost "normal" price if you get their Rx card.

Botanica,

No, we did not do any definitive diagnostic testing for specific tick-borne disease. He had tested positive for Lyme disease in the past and had been treated for it but, as we know, the spirochetes persist in hiding. The symptoms he presented were indicative of an active flare-up and we opted for the Occam's Razor approach.

The suggestion of liver support via a milk thistle product is a good one, thank you. We have an adequate supply of Doxy tablets now and are giving it with liverwurst before his meals. So far, we have no indication of stomach or digestive upsets, knock on wood.

Just as an option, instead of the SNAP 4 DX (in the vet's office), I run IDEXX Lab 4DXplus with Lyme Quant C6, test code 2889. Essentially, it is the same test, except the serum is sent to IDEXX and if the SNAP comes back positive for Lyme, IDEXX runs C6 at no extra charge. At my vet the cost for this test is $87.38 (vs over $240 for running SNAP and C6 separately).

Best wishes for quick recovery to your pup.

Thank you for the good wishes, Botanica37. He is much improved, happy to fetch and swim, has resumed his normal, active lifestyle, and we have no adverse issues with the Doxy as yet. Knock on wood.

I picked up some Milk Thistle. It's the extract standardized to 80% in capsules. I'm giving him one with breakfast and one with dinner which comes out to 140 mg silybum per day.
Can't hurt, might help.

Hi, did u get vibramycin, as its freely available in my country (Pakistan)

You can also buy empty gelatin capsules for medicinal powders that dogs won't freely eat. The price of doxycillin is what the market will bear. It is a cheap drug that was once wholesaled at less than 25 cents per capsule. Now greed sets the price.

500 doxycycline for $60 on EBAY with free shipping from Thailand .. human grade labeled for fish .. the shortage in the USA is fake.  $40 for 100 if ordered on Amazon for fish with USP numbers showing it is human grade (it's all human grade) and identical to that sold in the pharmacy.  No justification that paying more than 40 cents per 100 mg for US production and 12 cents imported production.  If you think the imported is inferior think again .. sometimes it's better due to newer production facilities.  I would be skeptical of Chinese or Indian production because life is cheap there but the Thia's are not fools and they don't put up with adulterated products being exported as do the Chinese and Indians.  The Thai's sell caplets and tablets if you need to split them the tablets are easier.

Thanks for the heads up on doxycycline. My good friend's shepherd had a visit with the dentist vet last week. Luckily no teeth had to be pulled but they are pretty black and her gums are bad. The dentist vet prescribed Doxycycline. dental sprays, a gel etc.....
I thought my friend got taken to the cleaners however, I had to eat my words.  Her dog's teeth and gums are 200% better than they were a week ago.
My friend adopted this shepherd and didn't realize how bad the dog's teeth were.
I have just told her to maybe have another prescription filled of the doxy sooner rather than later.
I am not so sure there is an alternative when it comes to dental issues and doxycycline.

So thanks again for your post.