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Product Name: Oxytetracycline
Generic Name: Oxytetracycline
Common Brands: Terramycin
Pharmaceutical Categories: Antibiotics, Anti-Infectives, Antiparasitic

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  • Terramycin tablets 250 mg
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  • Terramycin tablets 250 mg
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  • Oxytetracycline (trade names include Terramycin, Alamycin, Bio-Mycin, Liquamycin LA, Oxymycin, Oxytet, Oxytetra, Oxytetral, Terrados, Terramicina, Tetroxy) is an antibiotic for systemic, topical, stomatological, gynecological, ophthalmological use from tetracyclines pharmacological group. This medicine is indicated for the treatment of certain bacterial infections caused by susceptible strains of Actinomyces species, Bacillus anthracis, Bacteroides species, Bartonella bacilliformis, Borrelia recurrentis, Brucella species, Chlamydia, Clostridium species, Diplococcus pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium fusiforme, Haemophilus ducreyi, Haemophilus influenzae, Herellea species, Klebsiella species, Koch-Weeks bacillus, Listeria monocytogenes, Mima species, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Pasteurella pestis, Pasteurella tularensis, Pneumococci, Propionibacterium acnes, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella species, Staphylococci, Streptococci, Treponema pallidum, Treponema pertenue, Vibrio comma, Vibrio fetus, and other microorganisms. It is an often prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotic with clinically proved activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, large viruses, and certain protozoa. Indications include respiratory and urinary tracts, skin, ear, eye infections, acne, psittacosis, ornithosis, lymphogranuloma venereum, granuloma inguinale, trachoma, urethritis, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, relapsing fever, Q fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus and the typhus group fever, rickettsialpox, anthrax, Vincent's infection, brucellosis, cholera, tularaemia, spirochaetal infections, gonorrhoea, syphilis, yaws, clostridial wound infection, Legionnaire's disease, Lyme disease, acute intestinal amebiasis (as an adjunct to amebicides). Oxytetracycline is also widely used in veterinary medicine for the therapy of various bacterial infections in cattle, poultry, sheeps, pigs, fish, dogs, bees, and other animals. It works by killing sensitive bacteria and other microbes.


    Terramycin (Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride) logo


    Related medications:

  • Amoxicillin (Amoxil)
  • Ampicillin (Principen)
  • Azithromycin (Zithromax)
  • Chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin)
  • Chlorhexidine (Hexigel)
  • Chlortetracycline (Aureomycin)
  • Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
  • Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
  • Clindamycin (Cleocin)
  • Clotrimazole (Canesten, Gyne-Lotrimin)
  • Demeclocycline (Declomycin)
  • Doxycycline (Vibramycin)
  • Erythromycin (Ilosone)
  • Fusidic Acid (Fucidin)
  • Gentamicin (Garamycin)
  • Levofloxacin (Levaquin)
  • Lymecycline (Tetralysal)
  • Metacycline (Rondomycin)
  • Metronidazole (Flagyl)
  • Miconazole (Monistat)
  • Minocycline (Minocin)
  • Rolitetracycline (Reverin)
  • Roxithromycin (Rulide)
  • Tetracycline (Sumycin)
  • Tigecycline (Tygacil)
  • Tobramycin (Tobrex)


    Pharmaceutical and medical classifications:

  • Anti acne products
  • Anti infectives
  • Antibacterial drugs
  • Antibacterials inhibiting protein synthesis
  • Broad spectrum antibiotics
  • Dental care meds
  • Dermatological medications
  • Eye anti-infectives and antiseptics
  • Ear anti-infectives and antiseptics
  • Oral hygiene products
  • Stomatological medicines
  • Tetracycline antibiotics
  • Topical antibiotics
  • Topical tetracyclines and derivative agents
  • Veterinary, pet meds


    The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system (developed by the World Health Organization):

  • A - Alimentary tract and metabolism
  • A01 - Stomatological preparations
  • A01A - Stomatological preparations
  • A01AB - Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment
  • A01AB25 - Oxytetracycline

  • D - Dermatologicals
  • D06 - Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for dermatological use
  • D06A - Antibiotics for topical use
  • D06AA - Tetracycline and derivatives
  • D06AA03 - Oxytetracycline

  • G - Genito urinary system and sex hormones
  • G01 - Gynecological antiinfectives and antiseptics
  • G01A - Antiinfectives and antiseptics, excl. combinations with corticosteroids
  • G01AA - Antibiotics
  • G01AA07 - Oxytetracycline

  • J - Antiinfectives for systemic use
  • J01 - Antibacterials for systemic use
  • J01A - Tetracyclines
  • J01AA - Tetracyclines
  • J01AA06 - Oxytetracycline

  • S - Sensory organs
  • S01 - Ophthalmologicals
  • S01A - Antiinfectives
  • S01AA - Antibiotics
  • S01AA04 - Oxytetracycline


    Medical conditions for oxytetracycline in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD):

  • Cholera - A00
  • Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae - A00.0
  • Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar eltor - A00.1
  • Shigellosis - A03
  • Other bacterial intestinal infections - A04
  • Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile - A04.7
  • Amebiasis - A06
  • Tularemia - A21
  • Anthrax - A22
  • Brucellosis - A23
  • Other zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified - A28
  • Pasteurellosis - A28.0
  • Listeriosis - A32
  • Actinomycosis - A42
  • Bartonellosis - A44
  • Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified - A48
  • Gas gangrene - A48.0
  • Legionnaires' disease - A48.1
  • Bacterial infection of unspecified site - A49
  • Staphylococcal infection, unspecified site - A49.0
  • Mycoplasma infection, unspecified site - A49.3
  • Early syphilis - A51
  • Late syphilis - A52
  • Other and unspecified syphilis - A53
  • Gonococcal infection - A54
  • Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum) - A55
  • Chancroid - A57
  • Granuloma inguinale - A58
  • Yaws - A66
  • Relapsing fevers - A68
  • Other spirochetal infections - A69
  • Other Vincent's infections - A69.1
  • Lyme disease - A69.2
  • Other specified spirochetal infections - A69.8
  • Spirochetal infection, unspecified - A69.9
  • Chlamydia psittaci infections - A70
  • Trachoma - A71
  • Other diseases caused by chlamydiae - A74
  • Rickettsioses - A75-A79
  • Typhus fever - A75
  • Spotted fever [tick-borne rickettsioses] - A77
  • Spotted fever due to Rickettsia rickettsii - A77.0
  • Q fever - A78
  • Other rickettsioses - A79
  • Rickettsialpox due to Rickettsia akari - A79.1
  • Protozoal diseases - B50-B64
  • Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B95
  • Streptococcus, group A, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B95.0
  • Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B95.2
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B95.3
  • Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B95.6
  • Unspecified staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B95.8
  • Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.0
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.1
  • Escherichia coli [E. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.2
  • Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.4
  • Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.5
  • Clostridium perfringens [C. perfringens] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.7
  • Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.8
  • Vibrio vulnificus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.82
  • Bacteroides fragilis [B. fragilis] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.6
  • Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere - B96.8
  • Conjunctivitis - H10
  • Mucopurulent conjunctivitis - H10.0
  • Suppurative and unspecified otitis media - H66
  • Acute upper respiratory infections - J00-J06
  • Influenza and pneumonia - J09-J18
  • Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae - J13
  • Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified - J15
  • Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae - J15.0
  • Pneumonia due to other Gram-negative bacteria - J15.6
  • Other acute lower respiratory infections - J20-J22
  • Chronic lower respiratory diseases - J40-J47
  • Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis - J41
  • Unspecified chronic bronchitis - J42
  • Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue - L00-L08
  • Acne - L70
  • Acne vulgaris - L70.0
  • Urethritis and urethral syndrome - N34
  • Nonspecific urethritis - N34.1
  • Other disorders of urinary system - N39
  • Urinary tract infection, site not specified - N39.0


    Pregnancy category:

  • D - Australia
  • D - United States (Positive evidence of risk)


    Forms of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

  • Oxytetracycline Amphoteric
  • Oxytetracycline Anhydrous
  • Oxytetracycline Base
  • Oxytetracycline Calcium
  • Oxytetracycline Dihydrate
  • Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride
  • Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Dihydrate


    Chemical, international, and other names of this drug:

  • 5-Hydroxytetracycline
  • Ocsitetraciclene
  • Ocsytetracyclin
  • Oksitetraciklin
  • Oksitetrasiklin
  • Oksytetracyklin
  • Oksytetracyklina
  • Ossitetraciclina
  • Oxitetracyclin
  • Oxitetraciclina
  • Oxitetraciklin
  • Oxytetraciclin
  • Oxytetracicline
  • Oxytetracyclin
  • Oxytetracyclinehydrochloride
  • Oxytetracyclinhydrochlorid
  • Oxytetracyclinum
  • Oxytetracyklin
  • Oxytetrazyklin
  • Tetracycline, 5-Oxy-


    Most known trade names (brands and generics) worldwide:

  • Alamycin - Norbrook Laboratories, Arovet
  • Alamycin LA - Norbrook Laboratories, Arovet
  • Bio-Mycin - Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Liquamycin LA - Pfizer, Rogar/STB
  • Oxitraklin - Atlantis
  • Oxy - Aspen Pharmacare, Bio Agri Mix, Medprodex
  • OxyCare - AdvaCare Pharma
  • Oxycline - General Drugs House
  • Oxymycin - DDSA Pharmaceuticals, Aspen Pharmacare
  • Oxypan - Adcock Ingram
  • Oxytet - Norbrook Laboratories
  • Oxytetra - Pfizer
  • Oxytetracyclin - Wenig
  • Oxytetracycline - Alfasan, Impax Laboratories, Kent Pharma, Pfizer, Wockhardt, Zoetis
  • Oxytetracycline LA - Pfizer
  • Oxytetral - Actavis, Alpharma, Dumex
  • Terrados - Pfizer
  • Terramycin - Pfizer, Alkaloid, Mason Pharmaceuticals, Primal Chemical, The Glory Medicina, Zuellig Pharma
  • Terramycin Vet - Pfizer, Phibro Animal Health, Zoetis
  • Terramicina - Pfizer
  • Tetroxy - Cross Vetpharm Group


    Other medicines used in combinations with oxytetracycline:

  • Bromhexine
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Chlortetracycline
  • Dexamethasone
  • Erythromycin
  • Gentamicin
  • Guaifenesin
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Lidocaine
  • Neomycin
  • Nystatin
  • Polymyxin B
  • Vitamin A (Retinol)
  • Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
  • Vitamin B3 (Nicotinamide)


    References and external sources:

  • Oxytetracycline main article on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytetracycline
  • Oxytetracycline compound on PubChem: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Oxytetracycline
  • Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride on PubChem: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Oxytetracycline-Hydrochloride
  • Oxytetracycline medicine on DrugBank: https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00595
  • Terramycin (Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride) capsules drug label on DailyMed (revised December 7, 2005): https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo...
  • Terramycin (Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride) 250 mg capsules prescribing information from MedEx (revised March 1987): https://medex.com.bd/attachments/...
  • Terramycin (Oxytetracycline) injections product information from RxList (revised 03/05/2021): https://www.rxlist.com/terramycin-drug.htm
  • Oxytetracycline tablets patient information from the Patient (revised 19 Dec 2022): https://patient.info/medicine/oxytetracycline-tablets
  • Oxytetracycline generic medicine information from MIMS (revised 08/10/2021): https://www.mims.com/philippines/drug/info/oxytetracycline
  • Oxytetracycline tablets 250 mg package information leaflet for patients from Kent Pharma UK Limited (revised August 2023): https://medicines.kentpharma.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/...

    Revised: April 2025



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