Oxytetracycline
Indication
1. This product can be used as a drug of choice for the following diseases: (1) Rickettsial diseases, including epidemic typhus, endemic typhus, Rocky Mountain fever, scrub typhus and Q fever; (2) Mycoplasma infections; (3) Chlamydia infections, including psittacosis, venereal diseases, lymphoedema, nonspecific urethritis, salpingitis, cervicitis and trachoma; (4) Relapsing fever; (5) Brucellosis; (6) Cholera; (7) Tularemia; (8) Plague; (9) Chancroid. It should be used in combination with aminoglycosides to treat brucellosis and plague. 2. Due to the serious drug resistance of common pathogens to this product, it can only be used as a drug of choice when the pathogens are sensitive to this product.
Precautions
1. Patients with a history of allergy to tetracyclines are contraindicated; 2. Children under 8 years old should not use this product; 3. Pregnant women should not use this product.
Special Population Medication
Precautions for children: This product should not be used by children under 8 years old. Precautions for pregnancy and lactation: This product should not be used by pregnant women.