How much and how often should you use the product?
Your doctor will prescribe you with the right dosage depending on your age, weight, and ailment. Use this medicine for the full prescribed length of time. Your symptoms may improve before the infection is completely cleared. If this happens, keep taking the medicine as prescribed. Skipping doses may also increase your risk of further infection that is resistant to antibiotics. Doxycycline will not treat a viral infection such as the flu or a common cold.
Take doxycycline at the same time each day.
Do not share your doxycycline with another person even if you share the same symptoms.
Mechanism of Action
Doxycycline is a kind of tetracycline which inhibit translation of proteins, including bacteria. This stops the replication of bacteria and produces a bacteriostatic effect.