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Tetracycline®
See: Actisite
Sumycin
Drug Uses
Use Tetracycline to treat or prevent
infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible
bacteria.
How Taken
The usual daily dose is 1g to 2g. Your
doctor may increase the dosage in case of severe infections. You should continue
therapy for at least 24 to 48 hours after the symptoms and fever have subsided.
Warnings/Precautions
Talk to your physician before taking this
medicine if you are hypersensitive to tetracyclines. Using Tetracycline in the
absence of a proven or strongly suspected bacterial infection or a prophylactic
indication is unlikely to provide benefit and increases the risk of the
development of drug-resistant bacteria.
Missed Dose
If you skip doses or do not complete the
full course of therapy, you may risk a decrease in the effectiveness of the
immediate treatment. Also there is a chance that bacteria will develop
resistance and will not be treatable by Tetracycline or other antibacterial
drugs in the future.
Possible Side Effects
Side effects you may experience may
include: anorexia, epigastric distress, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bulky loose
stools, stomatitis, sore throat, glossitis, black hairy tongue, dysphagia,
hoarseness, enterocolitis, and inflammatory lesions (with candidal overgrowth)
in the anogenital region.
Storage
Store the tablets at room temperature;
avoid excessive heat. Dispense in tight, light-resistant containers. Keep out of
the reach of children.
Overdose
In case of overdosage, seek emergency
medical attention.
More Information
If you are undergoing long-term therapy,
periodic laboratory evaluation of organ system function, including renal,
hepatic, and hematopoietic systems, should be performed.
Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic
prepared from the cultures of certain streptomyces species. Chemically,
Tetracycline HCl is
(4S-(48,1a,4aa,5aa,6b,12aa))-4-(dimethylamino)-1, 4,4a,5,
5a,6, 11, 12a-octahydro -3,6,10,12,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo-2- napthacenecarboxamide monohydrochloride.
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