Overview Of Tetracycline

Common Dosage Recommendations

Capsules of tetracycline are available in tablets of 250 and five hundred milligrams. Five milliliters of the oral syrup contains 125 milligrams of tetracycline. The recommended dose of this antibiotic can vary based on why patients need to take it. However, the average dose for adults is one to two thousand milligrams daily. When patients need it for acne, they will likely take two doses of five hundred milligrams each day, likely separated by six to twelve hours, for at least two weeks. The two doses of five hundred milligrams each day is quite common. Of course, some conditions, such as brucellosis, require a higher dose. Brucellosis patients may need to take five hundred milligrams of tetracycline four times a day for three weeks as part of their treatment.

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