Tetracycline 250mg tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Tetracycline hydrochloride

Available from:

Teva UK Ltd

ATC code:

J01AA07

INN (International Name):

Tetracycline hydrochloride

Dosage:

250mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral tablet

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 05010300; GTIN: 5023534010449

Patient Information leaflet

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Package leaflet: Information for the patient
TETRACYCLINE 250 MG TABLETS
Tetracycline Hydrochloride
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START
TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
•
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
•
If you have any further questions, ask your doctor
or pharmacist
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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.
•
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 Tetracycline Tablet is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Tetracycline
Tablet
3. How to take Tetracycline Tablet
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Tetracycline Tablet
6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT TETRACYCLINE TABLET IS AND WHAT IT
IS USED FOR
These tablets contain the active ingredient,
tetracycline hydrochloride. Tetracycline is a broad
spectrum antibiotic which means it is effective against
a variety of infections and organisms caused by
bacteria. Tetracycline Tablets are used to treat a wide
range of infections susceptible to tetracycline. These
include chronic bronchitis; pneumonia or whooping
cough, urinary tract infections (e.g cystitis) and
urethritis (inflammation of the tube which passes
urine from the body) both which result in pain and
difficulty urinating; severe acne; and venereal
diseases such as syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea;
infections of the eye such as conjunctivitis; rickettsial
infections such as Q fever or tick fever; other
infections including brucellosis, psittacosis, plague,
cholera; tetracycline may also be used to treat
leptospirosis, gasgangrene and tetanus. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE
TETRACYCLINE TABLET
DO NOT TAKE TETRACYCLINE TABLET:
•
If you are allergic to Tetracycline Hydrochloride,
other similar anti

Summary of Product characteristics

1
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Tetracycline 250 mg Tablets
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains Tetracycline Hydrochloride 250.0 mg.
Excipient(s) with known effect-
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Coated tablet.
Orange, sugar coated tablet with no markings.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1.
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Tetracycline is a bacteriostatic broad-spectrum antibiotic, active
against a wide variety
of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.
Infections caused by tetracycline-sensitive organisms include:
1)
Respiratory tract infections: Pneumonia and other lower respiratory
tract
infections due to susceptible strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae,
Haemophilus
influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae and other organisms. Mycoplasma
pneumoniae
pneumonia. Treatment of chronic bronchitis
(including the prophylaxis of acute
exacerbations) and whooping cough.
2)
Urinary tract infections: Caused by susceptible strains of the
Klebsiella
species. Enterobacter species, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus
faecalis and other
organisms.
3)
Sexually transmitted diseases: Infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis
including uncomplicated urethral, endocervical or rectal infections.
Non-gonococcal
urethritis caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum. Tetracycline is also
indicated in
chancroid, granuloma inguinale and lymphogranuloma venereum.
4)
Tetracycline is an alternative drug in the treatment of penicillin
resistant
gonorrhoea and syphilis.
5)
Skin infections: Acne vulgaris when antibiotic therapy is considered
necessary
and severe rosacea.
2
6)
Ophthalmic infections: Trachoma, although the infectious agent, as
judged by
immunofluorescence, is not always eliminated. Inclusion conjunctivitis
may be treated
with oral
tetracycline alone or in combination with topical agents.
7)
Rickettsial infections: Rocky mountain spotted fever, typhus group, Q
fever
and Coxiella endocarditis and tick fevers.
8)
Other infections: Stagnant loop syndrome. Psitt