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Interações medicamentosas

Doxycycline + Zinc

Gravidade: Moderada

Doxycycline and Zinc: moderate interaction.

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Resumo

Oral zinc salts can bind doxycycline in the gut and reduce its absorption. This may lower antibiotic concentrations and risk reduced efficacy, although doxycycline is less affected than older tetracyclines.

O que esta interação significa em palavras simples

Doxycycline and Zinc can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken.

Doxycycline belongs to Anti Bacterial; Zinc belongs to Gastrointestinal Tract.

Nível de evidência: High

Por que acontece

Chelation of doxycycline by zinc cations in the gastrointestinal tract reduces absorption.

O que fazer

Separate doses by at least 2 hours, giving doxycycline first where possible. Consider this especially for serious infections.

O que perguntar ao farmacêutico

  • Should I take them at different times of day?
  • Does the dose of either medicine need to change?
  • Is there anything I should avoid, such as alcohol or certain foods, while on both?

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Perguntas frequentes

Can I take Doxycycline with Zinc?

MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Doxycycline and Zinc can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken. Oral zinc salts can bind doxycycline in the gut and reduce its absorption. This may lower antibiotic concentrations and risk reduced efficacy, although doxycycline is less affected than older tetracyclines.

How serious is the interaction between Doxycycline and Zinc?

MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Separate doses by at least 2 hours, giving doxycycline first where possible. Consider this especially for serious infections.

What other medicines interact with Doxycycline?

MediHelp also lists interactions of Doxycycline with, for example, Acitretin, Aminolevulinic acid, Cholera vaccine. The full list is on the Doxycycline page.

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