Question

Can doxycicline be taken with ARVs?

27 March 2024. Related: Complications and coinfections, Drug interactions.

Good day. I am on Acriptega ARVs and was prescribed doxycycline 100 mg for tick bite fever.  

Can the 2 drugs interact negatively? I have been feeling very dizzy and weak but this even was before the doxycycline was prescribed. What could be the issue?

Answer

Answer: Simon Collins

Hi there

Thanks – it is okay to take both meds and there is no interaction.

The tiredness sounds more like a symptom of tick bite fever.

You should hopefully start to feel better as the antibiotics start to work.