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F P Meyer1, H Specht, B Quednow
1Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie, Medizinische, Akademie Magdeburg, DDR.
Abstract:
This study was conducted to examine the pharmacokinetics of doxycycline in nine healthy volunteers who had fasted overnight. Single-dose cross-over design was used. Each subject received orally 0.2 g doxycycline. The subjects swallowed the antibiotic capsules with 300 ml of water or 300 ml of fresh milk. Simultaneous ingestion of milk diminished the peak plasma concentration by 24% and the absorption by 9-53% (mean 30%). It is concluded that, like the other tetracyclines, doxycycline should not be administered together with milk.
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