Doxycycline 50mg capsules

国家: 英国

语言: 英文

来源: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

有效成分:

Doxycycline hyclate

可用日期:

Sovereign Medical Ltd

ATC代码:

J01AA02

INN（国际名称）:

Doxycycline hyclate

剂量:

50mg

药物剂型:

Oral capsule

给药途径:

Oral

类:

No Controlled Drug Status

处方类型:

Valid as a prescribable product

產品總結:

BNF: 05010300; GTIN: 05021730030827

资料单张

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.
•
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 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
1. WHAT DOXYCYCLINE IS AND WHAT IS IT USED
FOR
The name of your medicine is Doxycycline 50 mg and
100 mg Capsules (referred to as Doxycycline in this
leaflet). Doxycycline contains the active substance
Doxycycline. Doxycycline is an antibiotic belonging to
a group of medicines called tetracyclines. Doxycycline
is used to treat many different types of infections
including:
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Chest, lung or nasal infections e.g. acute
worsening of chronic 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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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 capsules are also used to prevent certain
infections developing, these are scrub typhus (a
disease carried by small insects), travellers’ diarrhoea,
malaria and leptospirosis (a bacterial infection).
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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 infection. You must talk to your doctor
if you do not feel bette

产品特点

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Doxycycline 50 mg Capsules
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
The active ingredient is doxycycline.
Each hard capsule contains doxycycline hyclate corresponding to 50 mg
doxycycline.
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Capsule, hard.
Unmarked gelatin hard capsule, with a white cap and body.
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Doxycycline capsules 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, acute exacerbation of
chronic bronchitis,
sinusitis.
_URINARY TRACT 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 urethritis
caused
by _Ureaplasma urealyticum_ (T-mycoplasma). Doxycycline capsules is
also indicated
in
chancroid, granuloma inguinale and lymphogranuloma venereum.
Doxycycline
capsules is
an alternative drug in the treatment of gonorrhoea and syphilis.
_SKIN INFECTIONS _
_Acne vulgaris_, when antibiotic therapy is considered necessary.
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_ Due to susceptible strains of gonococci,
staphylococci and
Haemophilus influenzae. Trachoma, although the infectious agent, as
judged by
immunofluorescence, is not always eliminated. Inclusion conjunctivitis
may be
treated with oral Doxycycline capsules alone or in combination with
topical agents.
_RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS_ Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus group, Q
fever, Coxiella
endocarditis and tick fevers.
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