Oxytetracycline HCl

Oxytetracycline   Hydrochloride, like other tetracyclines, is used to treat many   infections, both common and rare (see Tetracycline antibiotics group).It is   sometimes used to treat spirochaetal infections, clostridial wound infection   and anthrax in patients sensitive to penicillin. Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride   is used to treat infections of the respiratory and urinary tracts, skin, ear,   eye and gonorrhoea, although its use for such purposes has declined in recent   years due to large increases in bacterial resistance to this class of drugs.   The drug is particularly useful when penicillins and/or macrolides cannot be   used due to allergy. Many species of Rickettsia, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia,   Spirochetes, Amoeba and some Plasmodium are also sensitive to this product.   Enterococcus is resistant to it. Others such as Actinomyces, Bacillus   anthracis, Listeria monocytogenes, Clostridium, Nocardia, Vibrio, Brucella,   Campylobacter, Yersinia, etc. are sensitive to this product.

Oxytetracycline   Hydrochloride is especially valuable in treating nonspecific urethritis, Lyme   disease, brucellosis, cholera, typhus, tularaemia. and infections caused by   Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia. Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride can also   be used to correct breathing disorders in livestock. It is administered in a   powder or through an intramuscular injection. Many livestock producers apply   oxytetracycline to livestock feed to prevent diseases and infections in   cattle and poultry.