Doxycycline 50mg capsules

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Doxycycline hyclate

Available from:

Healthcare Pharma Ltd

ATC code:

J01AA02

INN (International Name):

Doxycycline hyclate

Dosage:

50mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral capsule

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 05010300; GTIN: 5060013770418

Patient Information leaflet

ID:
L 7M&9M
VERSION:
16
REVISION DATE:
18/08/2022
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PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
DOXYCYCLINE 50 MG CAPSULES
DOXYCYCLINE 100 MG CAPSULES
Doxycycline
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm
them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
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If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
This includes any
possible effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1.
What Doxycycline is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you take Doxycycline
3.
How to take Doxycycline
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Doxycycline
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
Doxycycline capsules contain the active substance doxycycline as
doxycycline hyclate.
Doxycycline is an antibiotic belonging to a group of medicines called
tetracycline. It is used to
treat many different types of infections including
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Chest, lung or nasal infections e.g. bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis
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Urinary tract infections (the passage through which urine passes) e.g.
cystitis,
urethritis
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Acne (a skin condition)
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Sexually transmitted diseases e.g. gonorrhoea, syphilis, chlamydia
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Eye infections.
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Fevers associated with louse or tick bites
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Malaria, when chloroquine is not effective
Doxycycline capsules are also used to prevent certain infections
developing, these are scrub
typhus (a disease carried by small insects) Rocky Mountain spotted
fever, travellers’ diarrhoea,
malaria and leptospirosis (a bacterial infection). Your doctor may
want you to take Doxycycline
capsules to treat another infection not listed above. You may also be
prescribed an additional
medicine to take with Doxycycline capsules to treat your infecti

Summary of Product characteristics

OBJECT 1
DOXYCYCLINE 50MG CAPSULES
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 16-Mar-2021 | Kent Pharma
UK Ltd
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1. Name of the medicinal product
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2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
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3. Pharmaceutical form
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4. Clinical particulars
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4.1 Therapeutic indications
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4.2 Posology and method of administration
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4.3 Contraindications
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4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
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4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of
interaction
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4.6 Fertility, pregnancy and lactation
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4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines
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4.8 Undesirable effects
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4.9 Overdose
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5. Pharmacological properties
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5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties
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5.2 Pharmacokinetic properties
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5.3 Preclinical safety data
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6. Pharmaceutical particulars
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6.1 List of excipients
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6.2 Incompatibilities
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6.3 Shelf life
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6.4 Special precautions for storage
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6.5 Nature and contents of container
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6.6 Special precautions for disposal and other handling
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7. Marketing authorisation holder
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8. Marketing authorisation number(s)
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9. Date of first authorisation/renewal of the authorisation
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10. Date of revision of the text
1. Name of the medicinal product
Doxycycline 50mgCapsules
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Each capsule contains 50mg doxycycline base as doxycycline hyclate.
Excipient with known effect: Each capsule contain ssucrose.
For the full list of excipients, see section6.1.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Hard gelatincapsule
Hard gelatin capsule with opaque pale green cap and opaque white body
with “50mg” printedin blackink.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Doxycycline has been found clinically effective in the treatment of a
variety of infectionscaused by
susceptible strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and
certain other micro-organisms.
_Respiratory tractinfections_
Pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections due to
susceptible strains of _Streptococcus _
_pneumoniae_, _Haemophilusinfluenzae_, _Klebsie