• Skin that is more sensitive to sunlight than Reporting of side effects normal. You may get a skin rash, itching, redness If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, or severe sunburn. If this happens, stop taking pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side Package leaflet: Information for the user the medicine and tell your doctor. effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report • Inflammation and/or ulcers of the gullet. side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: • Blood disorders. These are due to changes in www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Doxycycline 50mg and 100mg capsules numbers of different cell types in the blood. Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. Symptoms may include tiredness, easy bruising By reporting side effects, you can help provide or infections. more information on the safety of this medicine. • Low blood pressure. Read all of this leaflet carefully before you Mountain spotted fever, travellers’ diarrhoea, malaria and leptospirosis (a bacterial infection). • Increased heart rate. 5 How to store Doxycycline capsules start taking this medicine because it contains • Aches in the joints or muscles. important information for you. Your doctor may want you to take Doxycycline Keep out of the sight and reach of children. Store capsules to treat another infection not listed above. • Stomach pain and diarrhoea. below 25ºC in a dry place. • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it The side effects listed below may go away during You may also be prescribed an additional medicine Do not use Doxycycline capsules after the expiry again. to take with Doxycycline capsules to treat your treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. date stated on the label/carton/bottle. The expiry • If you have any further questions, ask your Tell your doctor if any of these side effects continue infection. You must talk to your doctor if you do not date refers to the last day of that month. doctor, pharmacist or nurse. feel better or if you feel worse. to bother you: Medicines should not be disposed of via • This medicine has been prescribed for you Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people wastewater or household waste. Ask your only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm 2 What you need to know before you • feeling or being sick pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer them, even if their signs of illness are the same • worsening of a disease called systemic lupus required. These measures will help to protect the take Doxycycline capsules as yours. Do not take Doxycycline capsules if you: erythematous (SLE). This is an allergic condition environment. • If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, which causes joint pain, skin rash and fever • are allergic to doxycycline, other similar pharmacist or nurse. This includes any headache 6 Contents of the pack and other antibiotics (such as minocycline or tetracycline) • pericarditis (inflammation affecting the heart) possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. or any of the other ingredients of this medicine information See section 4. (listed in section 6) Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people • are pregnant or trying to become pregnant • heartburn What Doxycycline capsules contain • The active substance (the ingredient that makes What is in this leaflet • are breast-feeding. • vaginal infection You should not use Doxycycline capsules during the capsule work) is Doxycycline hyclate. Each 1 What Doxycycline capsules are and Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people capsule contains either 50mg or 100mg of periods of tooth development (pregnancy, infancy • anxiety Doxycycline base. what they are used for or in children below 8 years old) as such use may • difficulty in swallowing, sore or painful tongue • The other ingredients are gelatin, magnesium 2 What you need to know before you lead to permanent discolouration (yellow-grey- or mouth stearate, shellac glaze, sodium lauryl sulfate, take Doxycycline capsules brown). • skin reddening (flushing) starch, quinoline yellow (E104), erythrosine 3 How to take Doxycycline capsules There may be circumstances (e.g. severe or life- • a ringing or buzzing noise in the ear (E127), patent blue V (E131), titanium dioxide threatening conditions), where your physician 4 Possible side effects • soreness and itching of the rectal and/or genital (E171), iron oxide black (E172), and propylene may decide that the benefits outweigh this risk in area glycol. 5 How to store Doxycycline capsules children below 8 years and Doxycycline capsules • inflammation of the bowel 6 Contents of the pack and other should be prescribed. • bulging fontanelles (soft spot on head) of infants What Doxycycline capsules look like and information Warnings and precautions • increased pressure in the skull (severe headache contents of the pack Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking with change in vision) Doxycycline 50mg capsules are green and white 1 Doxycycline capsules if any of the following apply • inflammation and damage to the liver hard gelatin capsules printed “C” and “DV” in black. What Doxycycline capsules are and to you: • abnormal liver function tests Doxycycline 100mg capsules are green hard what they are used for • you are likely to be exposed to strong sunlight • discolouration of the thyroid tissue when given gelatin capsules printed “C” and “DW” in black. Doxycycline is an antibiotic belonging to a group or UV light (e.g. on a sun bed). You should avoid for long periods. The medicine does not impair Doxycycline 50mg capsules are available in pack of medicines called tetracyclines. It is used to treat exposure to strong sunlight while taking this thyroid function sizes of 28 capsules. many different types of infections including: medicine as your skin may be more sensitive to • loosening of the nail from the nail bed after Doxycycline 100mg capsules are available in pack • Chest, lung or nasal infections e.g. bronchitis, sunburn than normal. exposure to the sun sizes of 8 & 50 capsules. pneumonia, sinusitis • you have kidney or liver problems. • increased levels of urea in the blood • Urinary tract infections (the passage through Marketing Authorisation Holder and • you have myasthenia gravis (a disease which • yellow skin and eyes (jaundice), inflammation of which urine passes) e.g. cystitis, urethritis Manufacturer causes unusual tiredness and weakness of the pancreas • Acne (a skin condition) Accord Barnstaple, EX32 8NS, UK certain muscles, particularly in the eyelid). • upset stomach, loss of appetite, diarrhoea (this • Eye infections This leaflet was last revised in October 2020 • you have porphyria (a rare disease of blood may occur up to two or three months after the • Sexually transmitted diseases e.g. gonorrhoea, pigments). last dose), stomach pain syphilis, chlamydia If you would like a • you have (or have ever had) systemic lupus • darker patches on your skin. • Fevers associated with louse or tick bites leaflet with larger • Malaria, when chloroquine is not effective erythematosus (an allergic condition that causes Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from text, please contact Doxycycline capsules are also used to prevent joint pain, skin rashes and fever). 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Do • you have diarrhoea or usually get diarrhoea ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before length of treatment is dependent on the infection not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten when you take antibiotics or have suffered from taking this medicine. being treated. dose. problems with your stomach or intestines. If Doxycycline capsules must not be taken if you are Acne: 50mg daily for 6-12 weeks, with food or a If you stop taking Doxycycline capsules you develop severe or prolonged or bloody pregnant or breast-feeding. drink. If you stop taking the capsules too soon, the diarrhoea during or after using Doxycycline Driving and using machines infection may return.