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Doxycycline
100mg Capsules
- Effective antimalarial
- Once daily dose
- Continued for 28 days after travel
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Doxycycline Medical Information
Doxycycline contains the active substance Doxycycline. Doxycycline is an antibiotic belonging to a group of medicines called tetracyclines.
Doxycycline is used for many different types of infections including:
• Treatment of chest, lung or nasal infections e.g. acute worsening of chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis
• Treatement of urinary tract infections (the passage through which urine passes) e.g. cystitis, urethritis - Acne (a skin condition)
• Treatment of eye infections - Sexually transmitted diseases e.g. gonorrhoea, syphilis, chlamydia - Fevers associated with louse or tick bites
• Treatment of malaria, when chloroquine is not effective
• Prevention of malaria
Prevention of malaria:
100mg daily (1 capsule) once daily from 1-2 days before travelling to a malarial area until 4 weeks after returning.
• The capsules should be swallowed with plenty of water.
• It is best to take your capsules at the same time(s) each day, when sitting or while standing.
• It is important not to lie down for at least thirty minutes after taking Doxycycline capsules, so that the capsule can move as swiftly as possible into the stomach and prevent irritation of the throat oroesophagus (canal taking food from the mouth to the stomach).
• If Doxycycline capsules upset your stomach, then taking it with food or milk is recommended.
• You should avoid exposure to strong sunlight while taking this medicine as your skin may be more sensitive to sunburn than normal.
No contraindication available
Common or very common side effects include:
• Angioedema
• Diarrhoea
• Headache
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Hypersensitivity
• Nausea
• Pericarditis
• Photosensitivity reaction
• Skin reactions
• Systemic lupus erythematosus exacerbated
• Vomiting
• Pregnancy
• Breasfeeding
