Doxycycline

The subject, Papa Bear, is an Asian-American that is a 5’4” 48-years old male that weighs approximately 240 pounds. He was diagnosed with high cholesterol in August of 2015 and is currently taking atorvastatin. Near end of August, Mr. Bear was in a minor car accident that caused him to have neck and back pain, and is now on metaxalone, cyclobenzaprine, and meloxicam. Not only does he currently have high cholesterol and feeling pains from his neck down to his lower back, for about 40 years Mr. Bear has been prescribed doxycycline monohydrate as well as triamcinolone acetonide for his eczema and skin rash on both of his upper arms, and rosacea on his cheeks. The liver makes lipoproteins to distribute cholesterol in the body as well as to bring…

be considered efficient, the cure rate has to be greater than ninety-five percent (Kollar & Shmaefsky, 2009). In the previous years some of the drugs used included sulfonamides, penicillin, tetracycline, and most recently fluoroquinolones. In the United States the only remaining class of antimicrobials available to treat gonorrhea are cephaloporins (Unemo & Shafer, 2014). The CDC’s 2010 STD treatment guidelines recommends a dual therapy of cephalosporins with either doxycycline or…

Regimen A: CeFotetan 2 g IV every 12 hours + doxycycline 100 mg PO or IV every 12 hours. 2. Regimen B: CeFoxitin 2 g IV every 6 hours + doxycycline 100 mg PO or IV every 12 hours. 3. Regimen C Clindamycin 900 mg IV every 8 hours + gentamicin 2 mg/kg loading dose IV or IM followed by 1.5 mg/kg every 8 hours (can substitute single daily dosage of 3–5 mg/kg). 4. Alternate regimen: Ampicillin/sulbactam 3 g IV every 6 hours + doxycycline 100 mg orally or IV every 12 hours (CDC, 2015). To prevent…

any of the aforementioned body parts, however, the indications of Chlamydia can differ between females and males. In women indications include irregular discharge from the vagina, spotting between her regular menstrual cycle, and painful sexual intercourse (Chlamydia, 2018). Both genders can experience a burning sensation while urinating as well as inflammation around the infected area (Chlamydia, 2018). However, while several infectees will exhibit these symptoms, many patients will display no…

With the child being from a Northeast U.S. region such as Connecticut and playing frequently in the woods in her backyard, Lyme disease is a highly likely cause of her symptoms. Some common symptoms in pediatric Lyme disease cases include severe fatigue unrelieved by rest, insomnia, headaches, nausea, abdominal pain, impaired concentration, poor short-term memory, inability to sustain attention, confusion, uncharacteristic behavior, outbursts and mood swings, fevers/chills, joint pain,…

Chemotherapy Chemotherapy sometimes involves the use of antibiotic drugs since it is basically defined as the use of chemicals or medication to treat diseases. However, this term is used to specifically refer to the medical processes that are geared toward the destruction of cancer cells. In some cases, the process involves using antibiotics and other medications to treat certain infections or illnesses that may arise as a result of the clinical processes toward destruction of cancer cells.…

antibiotic schedules recommended for the treatment of Chlamydia: Azithromycin 1 gram in a single oral dosage, or Doxycycline 100 milligram twice daily during 7 days (Margaret Kington, et al., 2002). Alternative treatment includes drugs as Erythromycin 500 milligram four times daily for 7 days, Ofloxacin 300 milligram twice daily for 7 days, or Levofloxacin 500 milligram orally for 7 days as show in table 1. (Lynn G. Kirkland, 2006). Action mechanism of azithromycin and doxycycline are similarly…

is ticks which are usually found on dogs or close by in yards. These ticks are found all over the world, not in one specific area. Signs and symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever vary depending on severity of the specific case. People start to experience symptoms three to twelve days following tick bite. Fever is one of the very first symptoms to occur. A rash typically follows the fever a couple days afterward. Other symptoms are headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, myalgia and…

Group c and Group d 12 roots were used as control groups (positive and negative). The final results resilon has less microleakage compared to get gutta-percha . D&E-relation with anti-microbial activity :- Measuring the doxycycline stability with gutta-percha compared resilon , elimination of microorganisms in the root canal is a must to achieve an optimal root canal treatment , the study showed that the amount of remaining doxycycline with gutta-percha higher than resilon . Measuring the…

During hospitalization the physician requested for B-type Natriuretic peptide level which later resulted as elevated at 828 (with unknown baseline) and a white blood cell count of 13.3 (no reference available at the time of the review). Suspected that some of the patient’s symptoms were due to acute bronchitis, he was started on Azithromycin daily which later switched to Doxycycline due to his prolonged QT at 522 ms. His home medication was resumed including Coreg, Lasix, Lisinopril,…