Doxiciclina hydrochloride (doxycycline) capsules 100 mg. №10

Description

Doxiciclina hydrochloride Composition
active substance: doxycycline;

1 capsule contains doxycycline hyclate in terms of doxycycline – 100 mg

Doxiciclina hydrochloride excipients: lactose, calcium stearate the composition of the capsules includes the dye Sunset Yellow FCF (E 110).

Doxiciclina hydrochloride Indications.
Treatment of infections caused by susceptible strains of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms and some other microorganisms:

respiratory tract infections: pneumonia and other diseases of the lower respiratory tract caused by susceptible strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenza, Klebsiella pneumoniae; pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae; chronic bronchitis, sinusitis;
urinary tract infections: infections caused by susceptible strains of the species Klebsiella, Enterobacter, as well as bacteria Escherichia coli, Streptococcus faecalis;
sexually transmitted infections:
– infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, including complicated urethral and endocervical infections and rectal infections;

– non-gonococcal urethritis caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-mycoplasma)

– soft chancre, inguinal granuloma, venereal granuloma;

– the drug is an alternative for the treatment of gonorrhea and syphilis;

skin infections: acne when antibiotic therapy is needed.
Treatment of infections caused by microorganisms susceptible to tetracyclines, namely:

ophthalmic infections: infections caused by the susceptible bacteria Gonococci, Staphylococci and Haemophilus influenza. The infection that causes trachoma is not always cleared, which is confirmed by immunofluorescence analysis. For the treatment of paratrachoma, the drug can be used as monotherapy or in combination with other drugs;
ricketsin infections: typhus group, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q fever, tick-borne fever, Coxiella endocarditis;
other infections: psittacosis, brucellosis (when used in combination with streptomycin), cholera, bubonic plague, epidemic fever fever, tick-borne fever, tularemia, melioidosis; tropical malaria that is resistant to chloroquine, and acute intestinal amebiasis (when used in combination with an amoebicide).
Alternative treatment for leptospirosis, gas gangrene, tetanus.

Prevention of the following conditions: Japanese river fever, traveler’s diarrhea (caused by enterotoxigenic Esheriсhia coli), leptospirosis, malaria. Malaria prophylaxis should be carried out in accordance with current practice because of the potential for resistance to develop.

Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to tetracyclines, doxycycline and other components of the drug
porphyria;
severe liver failure
leukopenia.

Method of administration and dosage.
The drug should be taken orally during or after meals to reduce the risk of irritation of the esophagus and stomach, drinking plenty of fluids (you can drink milk or kefir). Simultaneous food intake (including milk) has almost no effect on the absorption of the drug.

The capsules should be swallowed in an upright position, sitting or standing, well before sleep, to reduce the risk of irritation or ulceration of the esophagus.

The doctor sets the duration of the course of treatment individually; treatment should be continued for at least 24-48 hours after the disappearance of symptoms of the disease and normalization of body temperature.

In case of streptococcal infections, the drug should be used for at least 10 days to prevent the development of rheumatic fever or glomerulonephritis.

Children.
Doxycycline is contraindicated in children under 12 years of age. For children over 12 years old and weighing up to 45 kg, this dosage form is not used.