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Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal bacteria Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The primary route of transmission of syphilis is through sexual contact however...

Doxycycline for C difficile Prevention?

It is currently used as second-line therapy for community-acquired pneumonia, but should doxycycline be preferred in light of these findings? Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

Ten-day course of doxycycline effective for erythema migrans

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A 10-day course of doxycycline controls erythema migrans as effectively as a 15-day course, according to researchers from Slovenia.

Doxycycline Against Ceftriaxone-Related C. Difficile

Patients on ceftriaxone are at lower risk for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) if they receive doxycycline concomitantly, a new paper says. Reuters Health Information

Doxycycline holds filarial lymphedema in check

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doxycycline helps ameliorate filarial lymphedema independent of active infection, a new report says.

Doxycycline may protect against ceftriaxone-related C. difficile infection

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients on ceftriaxone are at lower risk for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) if they receive doxycycline concomitantly, a new paper says.

Intermittent Motion Capsule Filler

The AlterNova capsule filler is specially designed to be flexible so that growing nutritional products companies can easily increase production or change product forms and sizes.Read more about Interm...

Bosch plans to upscale its new X-ray capsule QC tech

Bosch Packaging says it is now developing a big batch version of its new X-ray capsule inspection tech.

Impax Laboratories in capsule deal with Banner Pharmacaps

The two companies will collaborate on the supply of two softgel capsule products

Scrub typhus meningoencephalitis occurring during doxycycline therapy for Orientia tsutsugamushi.

We report on a scrub typhus patient who contracted meningoencephalitis during doxycycline administration. This is the first case of scrub typhus in which doxycycline concentrations were measured in se...

Oral doxycycline for the treatment of chronic leg ulceration.

This pilot study investigated oral doxycycline as an adjunct to compression therapy for non-healing venous leg ulcers. Ten patients received doxycycline 20 mg twice daily (low-dose doxycycline) and t...

Degradation of doxycycline in aged pig manure.

Two types of studies were carried out to characterise the degradation rate of doxycycline in manure. In the laboratory experiment, pig manure containing doxycycline was stored in biochemical oxygen de...

Bioequivalence assessment of a pregabalin capsule and oral solution in fasted healthy volunteers: a randomized, crossover study.

Objective: To determine the oral bioavailability of a pregabalin capsule relative to a pregabalin solution. Methods: This was an open-label, randomized, crossover study in 12 healthy volunteers. Pharm...

Lowering the apoptotic threshold in colorectal cancer cells by targeting mitochondria.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is the third most-common cancer and the second most-common cause of cancer related death in UK. Although chemotherapy plays significant role in the treatment of...