Syphilis of more than one year's duration

Active Ingredient: Tetracycline

Indication for Tetracycline

Population group: only adolescents (12 years - 18 years old) , adults (18 years old or older)
Therapeutic intent: Curative procedure

Latent syphilis of uncertain or more than one year’s duration, cardiovascular or late benign syphilis except neurosyphilis.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

500 mg 4 times daily for 30 days

For:

Dosage regimens

Oral, 500 milligrams tetracycline, once every 6 hours, over the duration of 30 days.

Detailed description

For the treatment of syphilis in patients allergic to penicillin.

500 mg, four times daily for 30 days.

Patient compliance with this regimen may be difficult so care should be taken to encourage optimal compliance. Close follow-up including laboratory tests, is recommended.

Dosage considerations

Tetracycline should be given one hour before or two hours after meals, since food and some dairy products interfere with absorption.

Active ingredient

Tetracycline

Tetracyclines are taken up into sensitive bacterial cells by an active transport process. Once within the cell they bind reversibly to the 30S subunit of the ribosome, preventing the binding of aminoacyl transfer RNA and inhibiting protein synthesis and hence cell growth.

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