Minocycline (minocycline HCl)

Minocycline is a semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic derived from tetracycline.

USES: Minocycline is used to treat a wide variety of infections. It may also be used along with other medications to treat severe acne. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as tetracycline antibiotics.

It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu).

Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.

Generic name: minocycline HCl
Pronunciation: (MIN-oh-SYE-kleen)

The following indications are listed for Minocycline:

• Acne Vulgaris
• Actinomycosis
• Acute Bacterial Otitis Media
• Anthrax
• Bacterial Pneumonia
• Bacterial Urinary Tract Infection
• Bartonellosis
• Brucellosis
• Campylobacter Fetus Infection
• Cholera
• Fusospirochetal Pharyngitis
• Genitourinary Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection
• Gingivostomatitis
• Granuloma Inguinale
• Inclusion Conjunctivitis Caused By Chlamydia Trachomatis
• Listeriosis
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum
• Meningococcal Carrier
• Mycoplasmal Pneumonia
• Pharyngitis
• Plague
• Psittacosis
• Q Fever
• Relapsing Fever
• Rickettsialpox
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Sinusitis
• Skin And Skin Structure Infection
• Syphilis
• Trachoma
• Tularemia
• Typhus Infections
• Upper Respiratory Pneumococcal Infection
• Ureaplasma Urealyticum Infection
• Yaws

Also known as: Acne Simplex, Actinomycotic Infection, Actinophytosis, Asiatic Cholera, Asymptomatic Carrier Of Meningococcus, Asymptomatic Neisseria Meningitidis Carrier, Bacterial Otitis Media, Bartonella Bacilliformis Infection, Bedsonia Pneumonia, Bilious Typhoid Of Griesinger, Black Fever - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Black Measles, Blue Disease, Blue Fever, Bouba, Brazilian Spotted Fever, Camp Fever, Campylobacter Fetus Infectious Disease, Carrion's Disease, Chronic Contagious Microbial Inflammation, Colombian Tick Fever, Common Acne, Conjunctivitis Caused By Chlamydia Trachomatis, Contagious Granular Conjunctivitis, Deer-Fly Disease, Deer-Fly Fever, Donovanosis, Eaton Agent Pneumonia, Egyptian Ophthalmia, Exanthematic Typhus Of Sao Paulo, Famine Fever, Fourth Venereal Disease, Frambesia, Francis' Disease, Fusospirochetal Infection Of The Oropharynx, Genitourinary Infection Due To Chlamydia Trachomatis, Granular Lids, Granular Ophthalmia, Granuloma Venereum, Inclusion Blennorrhea, Inclusion Conjunctivitis, Infection By The Bacteria Bacillus Anthracis, Infection Due To Calymmatobacterium Granulomatis, Infection Due To Listeria Monocytogenes, Infection Due To Rickettsia Burnetii, Infection Due To Rickettsia Diaporica, Infection Of Skin And/Or Subcutaneous Tissue, Jail Fever, Kew Garden Fever, Malta Fever, Mexican Spotted Fever, Ornithosis, Pahvant Valley Fever, Pahvant Valley Plague, Parangi, Parrot Fever, Pian, Pinta Fever, Pneumococcal Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, Primary Atypical Pneumonia, Pudendal Ulcer, Query Fever, Rabbit Fever, Recurrent Fever, Sao Paulo Fever, Sao Paulo Typhus, Ship Fever, Simple Acne, Sinuitis, Skin And Soft Tissue Skin Infection, Spirillum Fever, T-Mycoplasma Urealyticum Infection, T-Strain Mycoplasma Urealyticum Infection, Throat Inflammation, Tobia Fever, Trachomatous Follicular Conjunctivitis, Typhinia, Typhus, Typhus Fever, Typhus Infection, Undulant Fever, Upper Respiratory Diplococcus Pneumoniae Infection, Upper Respiratory Infection From Fraenkel's Pneumococcus, Upper Respiratory Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection, Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Due To Pneumococcus, Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Due To S. Pneumoniae, Uri Due To Fraenkel-Weichselbaum Pneumococcus, Vesicular Rickettsiosis, Vincent's Angina.

No ICD codes are available for this drug.