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How Long Should Doxymycin Be Taken?

I visited Southern Africa, i.e. boswana, swalzland,.. countries, are taking doxymycin (malaria prevention drug. came home with no mosquito bites. Can I stop taking doxymycin? I have already taken 14 days and don t want to continue for another 28 days. Thanks.
Wed, 13 Sep 2017
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General & Family Physician,  's  Response
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Chemoprophylais against malaria with any anti malarial drug has to be continued for 4 weeks after returning from the risky area.
This is necessary to kill any persisting forms in liver of malarial parasites .
The guidelines recommend to take the antimalarial irrespective of whether you have history of mosquito bite in high risk area.

You can talk with your physician regarding taking weekly doses of chloroquine or biweekly doses of mefloquine as alternative to daily regimen of doxycycline.

Hope I answered your query.
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General & Family Physician,  Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal's  Response
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The doxymycin should be continued for 4 weeks after leaving the malaria endemic area for preventing malaria, even if you haven't noticed any mosquito bites.

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How Long Should Doxymycin Be Taken?

Hello Welcome to health care magic. Chemoprophylais against malaria with any anti malarial drug has to be continued for 4 weeks after returning from the risky area. This is necessary to kill any persisting forms in liver of malarial parasites . The guidelines recommend to take the antimalarial irrespective of whether you have history of mosquito bite in high risk area. You can talk with your physician regarding taking weekly doses of chloroquine or biweekly doses of mefloquine as alternative to daily regimen of doxycycline. Hope I answered your query.