Doxycycline is an organic, half-synthetic antibiotic of the broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotics group. Comparing with other popular tetracycline antibiotics, doxycycline is highly absorbable from the digestive system and affects kidneys less. Although some bacteria are immune to the organic tetracycline antibiotics, doxycycline is an effective cure in most of the cases.
Doxycycline is used to treat the following infections:
- Bacterial infections of the respiratory system, such as pneumonia or bronchitis
- Bacterial sinusitis
- Bacterial urinary tract infection
- Urethritis
- Gonorrhea
- Chlamydia
- Syphilis
- Sexually transmitted diseases that result in the ulceration of the reproductive organs
- A rare sexually transmitted disease granuloma inguinale, also known as donovanosis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Rosacea
- Acne vulgaris
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
- Herpes simplex infection
- Rickettsia infections
- Lyme disease
- Diseases carried by birds, such as chlamydophila psittaci
- Brucellosis
- Tularemia a rare disease of rodents and rabbits also infectious for humans
- Melioidosis – an infectious disease
- Diseases transmitted to humans from animals, such as zoonosis, leptospirosis
- Tetanus
- Cholera
- Plague disease
- Acute bacterial gangrene caused by bacterial infection
- Amoebiasis, an infection caused by protozoa
- Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum
- And other
Due to the broad-spectrum the antibiotic doxycycline may be used to cure a variety of diseases caused by bacteria and protozoa, which is why it is one of the most frequently prescribed antibiotics.