Doxycycline Oral Suspension

Generic name: doxycycline monohydrate
Dosage form: powder, for oral suspension
Drug classes:Miscellaneous antimalarials, Tetracyclines

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Nov 22, 2021.

To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of Doxycycline and other antibacterial drugs, doxycycline should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by bacteria.

Doxycycline Oral Suspension Description

Doxycycline is an antibacterial drug synthetically derived from oxytetracycline, and is available as Doxycycline Hyclate Tablets and Capsules and Doxycycline for Oral Suspension; for oral administration.

The structural formula of doxycycline monohydrate is

with a molecular formula of C22H24N2O8∙H2O and a molecular weight of 462.46. The chemical designation for doxycycline is 4-(Dimethylamino)-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-3,5,10,1...