Doxycycline

Description

This page contains brief details about the drug doxycycline, it’s indication, dosage & administaration, mechanism of action, related brands with strength, warnings and common side effects.

Date of Approval

Doxycycline is an antibiotic that belongs to the class of medications called tetracyclines. The FDA approved it initially on 05th June 2006 for its medical use.

Mechanism of Action of Doxycycline

Doxycycline injection is in a class of medications called tetracycline antimicrobial drug. It inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit. It has bacteriostatic activity against a broad range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It works by killing bacteria that cause infections.

Uses of Doxycycline

It is used to treat many different types of infections, including chest, lung, or nasal infections, urinary tract infections, acne, eye infections, and sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, fever associated with tick bites, malaria, scrub typhus, travelers diarrhea, and leptospirosis.

Doxycycline Dosage available

Doxycycline will be administered to you by a doctor or other healthcare professional in a hospital setting. Your doctor will decide the dose, route of administration, and duration of the therapy based on your disease status, severity, and other factors such as body weight, other disease conditions, and age. This medicine will be given intravenously (into your vein). Do not self-administer the injection.