Oxytetracycline

Oxytetracycline ·Reliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd.·Capsule

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Packages & prices

Pack	Price	Details
Unit Price	৳	Unit Price: BDT 1.50 (60's pack: BDT 90.00)

Administration

Adults: 250-500 mg every 6 hours. Food, milk and some dairy products interfere with the absorption of Tetracyclines. So Tetracyclines should be given one hour before or two hours after meals.

Effects

Side effects of Oxytetracycline, which have been reported in some patients, are anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, glossitis, skin rashes and urticaria.

Indications

Oxytetracycline is indicated in-

Respiratory tract infections
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Urinary tract infections
Sexually transmitted diseases: Infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis including uncom-plicated urethral, endocervical or rectal infections, non gonococcal urethritis, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, gonorrhoea, syphilis
Skin infections: Acne and rosacea
Ophthalmic infections: Trachoma
Rickettsial infections
Other infections: Psittacosis, brucellosis, cholera, acute
intestinal amoebiasis etc.

Pharmacology

Oxytetracycline inhibits cell growth by inhibiting translation. It binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit and prevents the amino-acyl tRNA from binding to the A site of the ribosome. The binding is reversible in nature. Oxytetracycline is lipophilic and can easily pass through the cell membrane or passively diffuses through porin channels in the bacterial membrane.