What does the research say about this medication?
This medication has been on the market for more than forty years. As one of the tetracycline antibiotics, it has been through an amazing number of clinical trial to determine the exact range of bacteria it kills and whether there are any other applications. As a part of this process, it was discovered that it is effective to help people to avoid infection by malaria. More recently, it is being tested in cases of rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and some inflammatory lung diseases. Although some strains of bacteria are beginning to develop resistance, it remains one of the most reliable and trusted of the antibiotics whose scope is continually under review. |
What do doctors say?
When a drug has been in use for so long, its name is passed down from one generation to the next. Doctors now routinely find their patients ask for Doxycycline by name, believing it to be effective against any condition, disorder or disease. This requires doctors to explain the limits of its effect but this rarely shakes the general trust that the population has in this drug. It remains the drug of choice for an impressive list of cases starting with the more serious cases of sinusitis and ending with the most feared of diseases like anthrax. |
