Doxycycline

Doxycycline be a broad-spectrum antibiotic of de tetracycline class dem use insyd de treatment of infections wey be caused by bacteria den certain parasites. Dem dey use to treat bacterial pneumonia, acne, chlamydia infections, Lyme disease, cholera, typhus, den syphilis. Dem sanso dey use am to prevent malaria. Dem fi take doxycycline by mouth anaa intravenously.

Common side effects dey include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, den an increased risk of sunburn. Ein use during pregnancy no be recommended. Like oda agents of de tetracycline class, e either dey slow anaa dey kill bacteria by inhibiting protein production. E dey kill Plasmodium—microorganisms wey be associated plus malaria—by targeting a plastid organelle, de apicoplast.

Dem sanso dey use doxycycline as prophylaxis against sexually transmitted infections, particularly insyd men wey dey have sex plus men. E be used for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to reduce de incidence of sexually transmitted bacterial infections (STIs), wey be supported by guidelines from de US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) den de Australasian Society for HIV Medicine.

According to NHS guidance, de use of Doxy-PEP be associated plus reductions in risk of chlamydia by 70–89%, syphilis by 73–87%, den gonorrhoea by 51–57%.

Na dem patent doxycycline insyd 1957 wey e cam into commercial use insyd 1967. E dey on de World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Doxycycline be available as a generic medicine. Insyd 2023, na e be de 77th most commonly prescribed medication insyd de United States, plus more dan 8million prescriptions.

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