Composition : Capsule : Doxycycline Hydrochloride BP equivalent to Doxycycline 100 mg.
Indications : Respiratory tract infections : Pneumonia, sinusitis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, tracheitis.
Gastrointestinal tract infections : Cholera, traveler’s diarrhoea, shigella dysentery, acute intestinal amebiasis.
Chlamydial infections : Lympho-granuloma venereum, psittacosis, trachoma.
Sexually transmitted diseases : Non gonococcal urethritis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, uncomplicated urethral and endocervical or rectal infections, gonorrhoea, syphilis, pyelonephritis, cystitis.
Other infections : Impetigo, furunculosis, inclusion conjunctivitis, brucellosis, tularemia, cellulitis, acne and Q-fever.
Dosage & Administration : First day two capsules at a time or one capsule twice is suggested, followed by one capsule which should be continued everyday. The dose is suggested to be doubled in severe cases.