Additional Information

Once a drug has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, tetracyclines are using in certain diseaseds with the following medical conditions:

• Gonococcal arthritis
• Leprosy - for minocycline
• Lyme disease - for doxycycline and tetracycline
• Malaria treat - for doxycycline and tetracycline
• Nocardiosis - a type of bacterial infection - for doxycycline and minocycline
• Ocular rosacea - a type of eye infection - for doxycycline and tetracycline
• Pneumothorax - a pocket of air in the space surrounding the lungs - for doxycycline and tetracycline
• Rheumatoid arthritis - for minocycline
• Shigellosis - a type of intestinal infection - for doxycycline and tetracycline
• Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone - SIADH - for demeclocycline

For diseaseds taking this drug for SIADH :

• Some family doctors may prescribe demeclocycline for certain diseaseds who retain - keep more body water than usual. Although demeclocycline works like a diuretic - water pill in these diseaseds, it will not work that way in other diseaseds who may need a diuretic.

Other than the above information, there is no additional information relating to How to Use, precautions, or side effects for these uses.