Drug Name

Minocin (Minocycline)

Drug Uses

Minocin is used for treating confident infections. It may as well as be used with other medicines to treat very bad acne, or for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

How Taken

Take Minocin as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions. Some brands of Minocin may be used with food. Others should be used on an empty stomach. Check with your doctor or pharmacist about how to take your brand of Minocin.

Some brands of Minocin must be swallowed whole. Check with your doctor or pharmacist to see incase your medicine is a brand that must be swallowed whole.

Take Minocin by mouth with or without food.

Take Minocin with a filled glass of water (8 oz/240 mL). Do not lie down for 30 minutes after using Minocin.

If you as well as take bismuth salts (eg, bismuth subsalicylate), calcium salts (eg, calcium carbonate), colestipol, iron salts (eg, iron sulfate), magnesium, urinary alkalinizers (eg, daily antacids), sucralfate, vitamins/minerals, quinapril, didanosine, or zinc salts (eg, zinc sulfate), do not take them within 2 to 3 hours before or after using Minocin . Check with your doctor incase you possess questions.

To cloudless up your infection completely, take Minocin for the filled course of treatment. Keep using it even incase you feel better in a few days. Minocin works best incase it is used at the alike time each day.

Drug Class as well as Mechanism

Minocin is a tetracycline antibiotic. It works by slowing the growth of confident bacteria as well as allowing the body's immune system to kill them.

Missed Dose

Incase you miss a dose of Minocin , take it as soon as likely. Incase it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose as well as go back to your normal dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.

Storage

Store Minocin at room temperature, between 68 as well as 77 degrees F (20 as well as 25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, as well as light. Keep Minocin out of the reach of children as well as away from pets.

Warnings/Precautions

Do not take Minocin if:

• you are allergic to any ingredient in Minocin;
• you are using acitretin, an aluminum salt (e.g., aluminum carbonate), isotretinoin, methoxyflurane, or a penicillin.

Contact your doctor or health care provider fair away incase any of these apply to you.

Some health examination conditions may work with Minocin . Tell your doctor or pharmacist incase you possess any health examination conditions, especially incase any of the following apply to you:

• incase you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
• incase you are using any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
• incase you possess allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
• incase you possess kidney problems
• incase you possess an autoimmune disorder (eg, lupus)

Some MEDICINES MAY WORK with Minocin . Tell your health care provider incase you are using any other medicines, especially any of the following:

• Aluminum salts (eg, aluminum carbonate) or cimetidine because they may decrease Minocin 's effectiveness
• Acitretin, anticoagulants (eg, warfarin), digoxin, ergot alkaloids (eg, ergotamine), insulin, isotretinoin, methotrexate, methoxyflurane, or theophyllines because the risk of their side effects may be increased by Minocin
• Live oral typhoid vaccine, oral contraceptives (birth control pills), or penicillins because their effectiveness may be decreased by Minocin

Likely Side Effects

Check with your doctor incase any of these most ordinary side effects persist or become bothersome:

• dizziness; drowsiness; lightheadedness; loss of appetite; nausea; stomach upset; vomiting.

Seek health examination attention fair away incase any of these very bad side effects occur:

• very bad allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); bloody stools; blurred vision; bulging cushioned spots in infants; fever; headache; increased pressure in the head; inflammation of the pancreas (increased pulse, nausea, stomach tenderness, vomiting); joint pain; muscle pain or weakness; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin; ringing in the ears; seizures; very bad diarrhea; very bad skin reaction to the sun; stomach pain/cramps; trouble swallowing; unusual tiredness or weakness; vaginal irritation or discharge; yellowing of the skin or eyes.

More Information

Incase you possess any questions about Minocin , please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.

Minocin is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.

If your symptoms do not improve or incase they become worse, check with your doctor.