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doxycycline

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It does work but it takes more and longer for it to work than doxycycline.

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Quick take

(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections.

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noun

(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for doxycycline.

noun

(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections.

Example sentences

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It does work but it takes more and longer for it to work than doxycycline.

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Somehow, this doesn't seem like a good idea to basically be on Doxycycline forever...

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I'm actually currently on roughly day 14 of doxycycline for possibly having it or some other tick infection.

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I have 2 Z-Paks, a bottle of Amoxicillin and a bottle of Doxycycline sitting in my medical drawer.

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Let's not give it out for, oh say, viral infections 'just in case' as was the case with doxycycline or cipro in the past.

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When put on a diet containing doxycycline, their brains begin to atrophy.

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And there are also other tick diseases that doxycycline doesn't work for.

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Thanks:) I personally found that mino/doxycycline were not as good as tetracycline for treatment of acne and I don't know why.

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One of the weird things going on right now is that Doxycycline (a common antibiotic) has gone up in price 10-20x in the past couple months.

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I was thinking of things like amox-clav, cefalexin, doxycycline, and azithromycin, and screening the patients for risk factors.

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I also got bit by a tick a couple days ago, but I just went to the doctor and got a doxycycline prophylaxis.

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Last time I had Lyme, I took Doxycycline for 6 weeks.

Quote examples

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Tangentially related: doxycycline helps improve muscle and tendon tear recovery by enhancing the performance of matrix proteins that form "scaffolding", by inhibiting factors that break them down.

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"By inhibiting MMPs, doxycycline helps preserve and remodel the ECM, accelerating repair and improving biomechanical strength (e.g., tensile strength and reduced creep/strain)".

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Of these, chloramphenicol and tetracycline were significant inhibitors of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis while the macrolides, lincosamides, and aminoglycosides were not." Seems like "doxycycline" would be more precise than "antibiotics"?

Proper noun examples

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Doxycycline, in mice in at least one study was shown to have no particular effect on immunotherapeutic effect.

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Doxycycline is popular, but it's a long (21-day) course, so a good doc will not prescribe it casually.

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My suggestion is if you ever get bit, is to request 4 weeks of Doxycycline.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use doxycycline in a sentence?

It does work but it takes more and longer for it to work than doxycycline.

What does doxycycline mean?

(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections.

What part of speech is doxycycline?

doxycycline is commonly used as noun.