Drug Summary

  Drug name:  minocycline
  Chemical name:  minocycline
  Formula:  C₂₃H₂₇N₃O_{7  Weight:   457.4764
  CAS no:  10118-90-8
  DrugBank link:  DB01017
  Description:  A tetracycline analog, having a 7-dimethylamino and lacking the 5 methyl and hydroxyl groups, which is effective against tetracycline-resistant staphylococcus infections. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of infections caused by susceptible strains of microorganisms, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus fever and the typhus group, Q fever, rickettsial pox and tick fevers caused by Rickettsiae, upper respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and for the treatment of asymptomatic carriers of Neisseria meningitidis.}