Doxycycline For Dental Use: Before Using

Doxycycline For Dental Use - Systemic

Brand Names

Periostat Doxycycline For Dental Use *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For doxycycline, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to doxycycline or to other tetracyclines. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Use of doxycycline is not recommended during the last half of pregnancy. Tetracyclines, such as doxycycline, may cause the unborn infant's teeth to become discolored and may slow down the growth of the infant's teeth and bones if they are taken during that time.

Breast-feeding problem

Use of doxycycline is not recommended since tetracyclines, such as doxycycline, pass into human breast milk. Tetracyclines may cause the nursing baby's teeth to become discolored and may slow down the growth of the baby's teeth. It may be necessary for you to stop breast-feeding during treat with doxycyline. Be sure you have discussed the chance and benefits of the drug with your dentist and family doctor.

Use for Children

Tetracyclines may cause permanent discoloration of teeth and slow down the growth of bones. Doxycycline must not be given to children up to 8 years of age unless directed by the child's family doctor.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been studied specifically in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in adults people or if they cause various side effects or problems in elderly people. There is no special info comparing use of doxycycline in the elderly with use in other age groups.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking doxycycline, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Anticoagulants - blood thinners Tetracyclines may decrease clotting of blood, which could increase the effects of the blood thinner

Antacids
Bismuth subsalicylate - Pepto-Bismol
Iron-containing drug Use of these medication with doxycycline may decrease the amount of doxycycline absorbed into the body and decrease its effects

Oral contraceptives - birth control pills Use of birth control pills with tetracyclines may decrease the effect of the birth control pills and increase the risk of unwanted pregnancy

Penicillins Tetracyclines may decrease the effects of penicillins against infection