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Addoxa: Drug Information For Patient

 

Doxycycline (Generic Adoxa)

What Is Adoxa Used For?

Adoxa is used to treat bacterial infections like sinusitis, pneumonia, bacterial eye infections, sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis, gonorrhea Chlamydia etc, and bacterial infections of urinary tract, diarrhea, chronic bronchitis, chancroid, acne vulgaris, and mouth ulcers.

How Adoxa Works?

Adoxa is an antibiotic which is also known as tetracycline. Adoxa is used to treat infections which are caused by bacteria. Bacteriae produces proteins which are essential for their growth and Adoxa interferes with the growth of bacteria by preventing them to produce proteins and without these proteins bacteria don’t grow and multiply and therefore stops the spread of infection. Adoxa is also used to treat acne as it is active against the bacteria associated with acne. Adoxa is also active against the parasite that causes malaria. In those areas where risk of falciparum malaria is more, they are resistant to choroquinine.

How Adoxa Will Interact With Other Drugs?

Various drugs can interact inside the body and can cause unusual reactive symptoms and adverse effects. The impact of these drugs on each other must be known to your doctor. Once you experience any unusual reactions after taking the drug with other prescribed drug, stop taking the medicine and tell your doctor about the strong symptoms your are experiencing.
When Adoxa is taken with sucralfate, calcium supplements, aluminium salts, magnesium salts, strontium, kaolin, iron preparations, antacids, zinc salts etc, these medicines can reduce the absorption of Adoxa from gut and makes it less effective. These medicines when taken then there should be a gap of at least three to four hours before or after Adoxa. Adoxa can increase the anti-blood-clotting effects of anticoagulant medicines like warfarin.

What Are The Possible Side Effects Of Adoxa?

This drug can produce some side effects with or without combination with other drugs. These side effects can be common or rare depending upon the individual human being consuming this drug. Talk to your physician about the previous complaints you have suffered, your present life style, your food and habits and the drugs you are taking right now. Do tell about the herbal remedies and supplementations you have previously taken so that the side effects and possible adverse reactions can be prevented.

Side effects given here are collected by drug proving and can occur randomly on the individual basis some may experience no symptoms or very less symptoms depending upon your pathological state.

What I Must Know About Adoxa?

Adoxa can cause reactions when high doses or fatal levels of this drug are reached in the body and fatal effects can be present. Therefore, you must not take the excessive doses and must consult your doctor if you take it accidently. The adverse effects include restlessness, anxiety syndrome and panic. Please consult your physician before taking Adoxa.

What Your Physician Should Be Told Before You Take This Prescription?

You must consult your physician about your past history. He must be told about every disease-mental or physical, you have suffered before and the adverse reactions, if experienced before. The doctor must know about the other prescriptions you have been on and drugs you are taking presently and if you have any kind of allergic reaction to specific substance should be revealed to the physician.

How To Take Adoxa?

Don’t chew the tablet or break the extended release tablet swallow it as a whole. Take the drug as it was prescribed by the doctor and don’t exceed the dosage and amount of drug to be taken at a time. Consult your doctor if no improvement is felt and doesn’t repeat the drug too frequently.

What If I Miss The Dose Of Adoxa?

You must take the drug at the same time or as prescribed before or after the meal. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and keep the time gap between two doses.

What Are The Precautions One Must Take?

You must avoid taking alcohol along with the drug as their can be excessive sedation and drowsiness. If you feel weak or drowsy don’t operate any heavy machinery or drive until the sedation subsides. Use it carefully in old people.

What Happens If You Over Dose Adoxa?

You can experience increased side effects like diarrhea, constipation, increased heart beat or tachycardia etc. seek your doctor’s advice if your experience any kind of abnormal symptoms after overdosing.

How To Get More Information About Adoxa?

You can consult your physician about the doubts and anxieties concerned with Adoxa. Adoxa is safe and has been proved in laboratories and through chemical researches. You may ask your pharmacist about the dosage and method of intake.


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