Doxycyline Suspension

Generic name: doxycyline
Dosage form: powder, for suspension
Drug classes:Miscellaneous antimalarials, Tetracyclines

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jan 24, 2022.

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

Doxycyline Suspension Description

Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic synthetically derived from oxytetracycline. The chemical designation is 4-(Dimethylamino)-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-3,5,10,12,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo-2-naphthacenecarboxamide monohydrate. Doxycycline monohydrate has the following structural formula:

C 22H24N2O8• H2O M.W. 462.46

Doxycycline is a light-yellow crystalline powder. Doxycy...