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Specification: 250mg, 10*10/box
Category: Antibiotic and Antimicrobial Agents
Criteria: BP, USP
Main Composition: Tetracycline
Appearance: Yellow and Red

Indications:

Tetracycline capsule is bacteriostatic antibiotics with a wide spectrum of activity and have been used in the treatment of a large number of infections caused by susceptible organisms.It is the usual drugs of choice in risk ettsial infections,including ehrlichiosis,typhus,spotted fevers,trench, fever and Q fever,chlamydial infections,including psttacosis,lymphogranuloma venereum,trachoma,non-gonococcal urethritis,chlamydial conjunctivitis,and pharyngitis,sinusitis, or pneumonia due to Chlamydial pneumoniae.and mycoplasmal infections,especially pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae.They are widely used as part of regimens for pelvic inflammatory disease.A tetracycline is of used in the treatment of cholera,and is usually the treatment of choice in relapsing fever and the early stagesof Lyme disease.Associate with streptomycin or rifampicin,it is used in the treatment of brucellosis,and as an alternative agents in treatment of tularaemia,actinomycosis,infected animal bites,anthrax,bronchitis,gastroenteritis,granuloma inguinale,leptospirosis,infected animal bites, anthrax,bronchitis,gastroenteritis, granuloma inguinale, leptospirosis,and syphilis.

Dosage and Administration:

The usual adult dosage of tetracycline capsule is 250 or 500mg every 6 hours by month,preferably one hour before or 2 hours after meals.Higher dosage up to4 gdaily have occasionally been given in resistant infection,but increase the risk of adverse effects.In children,the effects on teeth should be considered,it only used when absolutely essential.To order children 25 to 50 mg per kg body-weight daily by mouth in divided doses is used.Care is required when being given elderly. Should be avoided if possible in renal lmpairment.

Adverse Effects:

Gastro-intestinal effects including nausea,vomiting,and diarrhoea are common especially with high doses and most are attributed to irritation of the mucosa.Other effects that have been reported include dry month,glossitis and discoloration of the tongue,stomatitis,and dysphagia,oesophageal ulceration.Usual therapeutic doses given to patients with renal disease increase the severity of uraemia.Tetracycline is deposited in deciduous and permanent teeth during their formation,causing discoloration and enamel hypoplasia,also deposited in calclfying areas in bone and nails and interfere bone growth of young infants.An increase in intracranial pressure with headache,visual disturbances and papilloedema has been reported.Hypersensitivity reactions of tetracycline have been reported as rashes,fixed drug eruptions,exfoliative dermatitis,toxic epidermal necrolysis,drug fever,pericarditis,angioedema,urticarla,and asthma.Precautions:It is contra-indicated in hypersensitive patients,and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus & renal impaiment.Also should be avoided to used in pregnancy.Care should be taken when being given to patients with impaired liver function and high doses should be avoided.

Validity: Three Years

Storage:Storage in a cool and dry place protected from light.

Packing:

10capsules/blister,10blisters/box

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