Drug Information
Generic Name:
Doxycycline
Pronunciation:
dock-see-SYE-clean
Product Name:
Vibramycin, Monodox
Category:
Antibiotics
How is it given?:
by mouth (PO), intravenous (IV)
Uses:
Urinary tract infection, respiratory infection, skin and soft tissue infection, sexually transmitted diseases, infection of the female pelvis, rheumatic fever prophylaxis, brucellosis, trachoma, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus, Q fever, rickettsia, smallpox, psittacosis, ornithosis, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum
Comment:
This antibiotic is used to treat moderate to severe conditions as described above.