Minocin
Minocin is a antibiotics medication containing Minocycline, available as 50/100mg tablets.
- Category
- Antibiotics · Skin Care
- Active ingredient
- Minocycline
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Capsule, hard
- Strengths
- 50/100mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Minocin vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Acne vulgaris
- Therapeutic Class
- Tetracycline Antibiotic
- Pharmacological Class
- Tetracycline
- Known Off-label Uses
- rheumatoid arthritis
- Minor Side Effects
- nausea, headache, dizziness
- Moderate Side Effects
- photosensitivity reaction, discolouration of skin or mucous membranes
- Dosage Forms
- Capsule, hard
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Pfizer
- Onset Time
- 1–3 hours
- Duration
- 12–24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C.
- Drug Interactions
- isotretinoin, antacids, dairy products
- Age Restrictions
- Not recommended for children under 12 years.
What you will receive
Minocin is the originator brand name, made by Pfizer. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Pfizer and do not ship the original Minocin.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Minocycline) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.