Minocycline

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Minocycline, a tetracycline-like drug.

Minocycline is an antibiotic tetracycline analog that can be used to treat tetracycline-resistant staphylococcus infections. It is the most lipid soluble and the most active tetracycline antibiotic, is a long-acting tetracycline derivative, like doxycycline. It has chemical formula C23H27N3O7 and the official IUPAC name is (2Z,4S,4aS,5aR,12aS)-2-(amino hydroxymethylidene)-4,7-bis(dimethylamino)-10,11,12a-trihydroxy-4a,5,5a,6-tetrahydro-4H-tetracene-1,3,12-trione

indications

Minocycline is indicator for typhus fever, Q fever, Rocky Mountain sptted fever, rickettsial pox and tick fevers casued by Rickettsiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the upper respiratory track and for carriers of Neisseria meningitidis.

brand names

• Alti-Minocycline
• Apo-Minocycline
• Arestin
• Dynacin
• Gen-Minocycline
• Klinomycin
• Minociclina [Inn-Spanish]
• Minocin
• Minocyclin
• Minocycline HCl
• Minocyclinum [Inn-Latin]
• Minocyn
• Minomycin
• Novo-Minocycline
• Vectrin