DOXYCYCLINE TEVA 100MG HARD CAPSULES

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

DOXYCYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Available from:

Norton Healthcare Limited T/A IVAX Pharmaceuticals UK

ATC code:

J01AA02

INN (International Name):

DOXYCYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Dosage:

100 Milligram

Pharmaceutical form:

Capsule

Prescription type:

Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Therapeutic area:

doxycycline

Authorization status:

Marketed

Authorization date:

1985-05-07

Patient Information leaflet

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PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Doxycycline Teva 100 mg Hard Capsules
Doxycycline
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE.
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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 or pharmacist.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them, even
if their symptoms are the same as yours.
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If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This
includes any possible side
effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1.
What Doxycycline Teva is and what it is used for
2.
Before you take Doxycycline Teva
3.
How to take Doxycycline Teva
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Doxycycline Teva
6.
Further information
1.
WHAT DOXYCYCLINE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Doxycycline Teva is a tetracycline antibiotic. 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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eye infections
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sexually transmitted diseases e.g., gonorrhoea, syphilis, chlamydia
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fevers associated with louse or tick bites
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malaria, when chloroquine is not effective.
Doxycycline Teva is also used to prevent certain infections
developing; these are scrub typhus (a
disease carried by small insects), travellers’ diarrhoea, malaria,
cholera and leptospirosis (a bacterial
infection from contaminated water).
Your doctor may want you to take Doxycycline Teva to treat another
infection not listed above. You
may also be prescribed an additional medicine to take with Doxycycline
Teva to treat your infection.
If you have any questions talk to your doctor.
2.
BEFORE YOU TAKE DOXYCYCLINE TEVA
DO NOT TAKE DOXYCYCLINE TEVA IF:
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you are allergic (hypersensitive) to doxycycline or any other
tetracycline antibiotic or any of
the other ingredients of this medicine
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you are pregnant, pla

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Doxycycline Teva 100mg Hard Capsules
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each capsule contains doxycycline hyclate equivalent to 100 mg
doxycycline.
Excipients: Contains Lactose Monohydrate 180mg
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Capsule, hard.
Green/Green, size 3 hard gelatin capsules filled with yellow granule,
twin triangle logo on body and 'DOX 100'
on cap,
imprinted axially in black ink.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Doxycycline has been found clinically effective in the treatment of a
variety of infections caused by susceptible strains
of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and certain other
micro-organisms.
_RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS:_
Pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections due to
susceptible strains of_ Streptococcus pneumoniae_,
_Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis_
and other organisms._ Mycoplasma_
_pneumonia_. Treatment of chronic bronchitis, sinusitis.
_URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS:_
Infections caused by susceptible strains of Klebsiella species,
Enterobacter species,_ Escherichia coli, Streptococcus_
_faecalis_ and other organisms.
_SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES:_
Infections due to_ Chlamydia trachomatis_ including uncomplicated
urethral, endocervical or rectal infections. Non-
gonococcal urethitis caused by_ Ureaplasma urealyticum_
(T-mycoplasma). Doxycycline is also indicated in infections
due to_ Calymmatobacterium granulomatis_. Doxycycline is an
alternative drug in the treatment of gonorrhoea and
syphilis.
Since Doxycycline is a member of the tetracycline series of
antibiotics, it may be expected to be useful in the treatment
of infections which respond to other tetracyclines such as:
_OPHTHALMIC INFECTIONS:_
Doxycycline is indicated in the treatment of trachoma, although the
infectious agent is not always eliminated, as judged
by immunofluorescence.
Inclusion conjunctivitis may be treated with oral Doxycycline alo