Comparing Doxycycline vs Moxifloxacin
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Prescription only
Doxycycline is an effective antibiotic that treats a wide range of infections. However, it is not usually recommended for children aged less than eight or pregnant women in the last half of their... View more |
Prescription only
Prescribed for Bacterial Infection, Intraabdominal Infection, Anthrax Prophylaxis, Bronchitis, Anthrax, Cutaneous Bacillus anthracis, Plague, Plague Prophylaxis, Pneumonia, Prostatitis, Sinusitis... View more |
Related suggestions Bacterial Infection
Skin or Soft Tissue Infection
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| More about Doxycycline | More about Moxifloxacin | ||||||||||||||||
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Doxycycline has an average rating of 6.4 out of 10 from a total of 1638 ratings on Drugs.com. 50% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 27% reported a negative effect. |
Moxifloxacin has an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from a total of 213 ratings on Drugs.com. 54% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 24% reported a negative effect. |
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| Side Effects Experienced by Users Side effects are reported in Drugs.com user reviews and not clinically verified. | |||||||||||||||||
View all Doxycycline side effects |
View all Moxifloxacin side effects |
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Lower cost generic |
Lower cost generic |
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| Acticlate, Adoxa, Adoxa CK, Adoxa Pak, Adoxa TT, Alodox, Avidoxy, Doryx, Doryx MPC, Doxy 100, Doxy 200, Doxy-Caps, Doxy-D, LymePak, Mondoxyne NL, Monodox, Morgidox, Okebo, Oracea, Oraxyl, Targadox, Uracil, Vibramycin View more | Avelox, Avelox I.V. | ||||||||||||||||
| Half Life Drug half-life is the time required for plasma concentration to reduce to half its original value. | |||||||||||||||||
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23 hours |
13.5 hours |
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| CSA Schedule 1 View glossary of CSA terms | |||||||||||||||||
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Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Category D
Positive evidence of risk
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
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| Drug Interactions | |||||||||||||||||
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A total of 237 drugs are known to interact with Doxycycline:
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A total of 526 drugs are known to interact with Moxifloxacin:
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No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
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December 05, 1967 |
December 10, 1999 |
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N/A |
N/A |
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1 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
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