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What is Tetracycline?

Tetracycline is an antibiotic used in the treatment of susceptible bacterial infections of both gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Acne 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 2 0
Acne 2 0
Rosacea 2 0
Rashes (redness, swelling) 1 0
Lyme Disease 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Tetracycline

Yeast Infection (candida) 1
Dizziness with nausea 1

Reported Dosages

  250 mg daily 500 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tetracycline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 43%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 29%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 14%
Other 1   Other: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Tetracycline

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tetracycline

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Tetracycline

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tetracycline

Always
 3 75%
Usually
 1 25%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tetracycline

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tetracycline

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.