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Posted 7/9/2018 2:29 PM (GMT 0)
I've been missing a little milk in my coffee and a bowl of cereal in the morning while I've been on Doxycycline. I picked up a carton of almond milk thinking it would be a good substitute. I should have looked at the nutritional label in the store when I bought it, but got it home and looked at it and see that it still has a lot of calcium in it. Are there any other alternatives? How about rice milk, does it have calcium?
Posted 7/9/2018 3:48 PM (GMT 0)

sandyfeet said...
Are you trying to avoid calcium? I think a lot of store bought milk substitutes have calcium added as this is what people are often looking for. Homemade almond milk will have less but still a reasonable amount. A can of coconut milk (used for cooking not from the milk supplement aisle) only has 2% Calcium in 1/3 cup so this would be a creamy and lower calcium option if that's what your looking for. Homemade coconut milk using shredded coconut would also be fairly low in calcium.

yes trying to avoid calcium as it blocks the absorption of doxy.
Posted 7/9/2018 6:05 PM (GMT 0)
From what I understand, it takes a lot of calcium to impact the absorption. The amount in the milk in your coffee isn't going to make a difference. And you could have cereal with milk, just best not to have it at the same time as the doxy. Maybe eat something different with the medicine?
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