Description

COMPOSITION: Doxycycline 100 mg + 60 million spores lactic acid

Doxycycline 

Drug Class: Tetracycline antibiotics  

• A member of the tetracycline class of antibiotics is a well-tolerated drug that is bacteriostatic and acts via the inhibition of bacterial ribosomes.¹ 

• Doxycycline penetrates more readily into bacterial cells compared with other tetracyclines.

• Doxycycline is metabolized in the liver and gastrointestinal tract through an unknown mechanism and is eliminated via both biliary secretion and glomerular filtration in the kidney.

Broad spectrum Antibiotic & Clinically useful Anti-inflammatory agent

• Doxycycline displays excellent activity against gram-positive and gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic pathogens.

• Doxycycline can selectively eradicate Cancer stem cells in breast cancer patients in vivo.

• Doxytrac, with its low rate of GI symptoms, is a more tolerable treatment option for acne and is associated with a better likelihood of compliance.

• Doxycycline decreases the systemic inflammatory burden in patients with myocardial infarction.

Combination – Doxycycline + Lactic acid spores

• Lactobacilli counts in the gut were decreased in the doxycycline alone group in treating complicated periodontitis and Lactobacilli counts had tended to increase and in the group with a combination of the probiotic with doxycycline.

• These antibiotics can lead to the emergence of drug resistant micro-organisms and they can also disturb the beneficial microflora of the body.

• Probiotics (like lactic acid spores) can be used, as they repopulate the beneficial microflora and reduce the pathogenic bacteria.

• Study says treatment with probiotics could be an ideal alternative in the management of aggressive periodontitis.

Note: Lactobacillus is a valuable weapon in our gut armory.