Doxycycline capsules / Doxycycline Lactic acid bacillus capsules, Uses, Side effects

Doxycycline is a broad spectrum tetracycline antibiotic. It is also a antimicrobial agent. Doxycycline capsules are available in 50mg, 100mg, 200mg strength. Doxycycline hydrochloride capsule or tablets also available in combination that is Doxycycline & Lactic acid bacillus capsules.
Doxycycline 100mg capsules / Doxycycline Lactic acid bacillus capsules brand names are
Doxy tablet / cap doxy 100mg
Doxylab tablet
Doxybond lb
Microdox capsules
Doxy 1 L capsules
Uses
• Chest, lung or nasal infections e.g. bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis.
• Urinary tract infections e.g. cystitis, urethritis.
• Acne which is a skin infection.
• Eye infections.
• Sexually transmitted diseases e.g. gonorrhoea, syphilis, chlamydia.
• Fevers associated with louse or tick bites.
• Malaria, when chloroquine is not effective.
Doxycycline is also used to prevent certain infections developing, these are scrub typhus, travellers' diarrhoea, malaria and leptospirosis.
Usual Dose
(Respiratory, Urinary tract, Ophthalmic and other infections):
• 200mg on the first day then 100mg daily. The duration of treatment is dependent on the infection being treated.
• Acne: 50mg daily for 6-12 weeks, with food or fluid.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 100mg twice daily for 7-10 days.
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis: 200mg twice daily for 2 weeks.
• Fevers associated with louse or tick bites: Single dose of 100mg or 200mg depending on severity.
• Treatment of malaria, when chloroquine is not effective: 200mg daily for at least 7 days.
• Prevention of malaria: 100mg daily from 1-2 days before travelling until 4 weeks after returning.
• Prevention of scrub typhus: Single dose of 200mg.
• Prevention of travellers' diarrhoea: 100mg twice daily on the first day of travel, followed by 100mg daily throughout the stay in the area. If you are planning to take these capsules for more than 21 days, please consult your doctor.
• Prevention of leptospirosis: 200mg once each week during the stay in the area; 200mg on completion of the trip. If you are planning to take these capsules for more than 21 days, please consult your doctor.
Interaction
Some medicines may interfere with Doxycycline. You should tell your doctor if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. Also check with your doctor if you are taking any other medicines:
• Antacids (indigestion remedies), iron preparations, oral zinc or bismuth. If you take these at the same time of day as Vibramycin it may stop this medicine from working properly.
• Warfarin or coumarins (used to prevent blood clots). Tetracyclines may increase the action of these drugs.
• Oral contraceptives (birth control pills). Use of birth control pills with tetracyclines may impair the effect of the birth control pill and increase the chance of unwanted pregnancy.
• Penicillin antibiotics (used to treat infections). Vibramycin may reduce the effect of these antibiotics.
• Alcohol. Alcohol may reduce the effect of Vibramycin.
• Carbamazepine, phenytoin (medicines used to control epilepsy) and barbiturates (used to control epilepsy or as a sedative).
• Cyclosporin (used to affect the body's immune response).
• Methoxyflurane (an anaesthetic). If you are going to have a general anaesthetic for an operation or dental surgery you must tell your anaesthetist or dentist that you are taking doxycycline
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