Doxycycline 50mg capsules

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Doxycycline hyclate

Available from:

Kent Pharma (UK) Ltd

ATC code:

J01AA02

INN (International Name):

Doxycycline hyclate

Dosage:

50mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral capsule

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 05010300; GTIN: 5015201001775

Patient Information leaflet

PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
DOXYCYCLINE 50MG
CAPSULES
PLEASE READ THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TO
TAKE THIS MEDICINE.
• IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR YOUR PHARMACIST.
• THIS MEDICINE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR YOU PERSONALLY AND YOU SHOULD NOT PASS IT ON TO OTHERS. IT MAY HARM THEM, EVEN IF THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS.
• KEEP THIS LEAFLET; YOU MAY NEED TO READ IT AGAIN. IN THIS LEAFLET
1. What your medicine is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take your
medicine
3. How to take your medicine
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store your medicine
6. Contents of the pack and other information
WHAT YOUR MEDICINE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
The name of your medicine is Doxycycline 50mg
Capsules. It belongs to a group of medicines called
tetracycline antibiotics. It may be used to treat a wide
range of infections caused by bacteria, these include:
• Chest, lung or nasal infections e.g. bronchitis,
pneumonia, sinusitis
• Infections of the kidneys and bladder e.g. cystitis,
urethritis
• Infections of the skin such as acne
• Eye infections
• Sexually transmitted diseases e.g. gonorrhoea,
syphilis, chlamydia
• Rickettsial infections such as Rocky Mountain
spotted fever, typhus group and Coxiella endocarditis,
Q fever or fevers associated with louse or tick bites
• Malaria, when chloroquine is not effective
• Other infections such as cholera, brucellosis,
leptospirosis and psittacosis
Doxycycline capsules are also used to prevent certain
infections developing such as scrub typhus, travellers’
diarrhoea, malaria and leptospirosis (a bacterial
infection caused by exposure to bacteria in fresh water
contaminated by animal urine). WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR MEDICINE
DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICINE AND TELL YOUR DOCTOR, IF
YOU:
• have taken Doxycycline or any other antibiotic before
and suffered an allergic reaction (e.g. rash, itching,
swelling of the face, fainting and breathing problems)
• are allergic to any of the othe

Summary of Product characteristics

OBJECT 1
DOXYCYCLINE 50MG CAPSULES
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 16-Mar-2021 | Kent Pharma
UK Ltd
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1. Name of the medicinal product
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2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
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3. Pharmaceutical form
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4. Clinical particulars
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4.1 Therapeutic indications
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4.2 Posology and method of administration
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4.3 Contraindications
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4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
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4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of
interaction
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4.6 Fertility, pregnancy and lactation
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4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines
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4.8 Undesirable effects
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4.9 Overdose
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5. Pharmacological properties
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5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties
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5.2 Pharmacokinetic properties
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5.3 Preclinical safety data
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6. Pharmaceutical particulars
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6.1 List of excipients
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6.2 Incompatibilities
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6.3 Shelf life
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6.4 Special precautions for storage
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6.5 Nature and contents of container
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6.6 Special precautions for disposal and other handling
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7. Marketing authorisation holder
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8. Marketing authorisation number(s)
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9. Date of first authorisation/renewal of the authorisation
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10. Date of revision of the text
1. Name of the medicinal product
Doxycycline 50mgCapsules
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Each capsule contains 50mg doxycycline base as doxycycline hyclate.
Excipient with known effect: Each capsule contain ssucrose.
For the full list of excipients, see section6.1.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Hard gelatincapsule
Hard gelatin capsule with opaque pale green cap and opaque white body
with “50mg” printedin blackink.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Doxycycline has been found clinically effective in the treatment of a
variety of infectionscaused by
susceptible strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and
certain other micro-organisms.
_Respiratory tractinfections_
Pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections due to
susceptible strains of _Streptococcus _
_pneumoniae_, _Haemophilusinfluenzae_, _Klebsie