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Tackling Tetracyclines
Description
In this episode, hosts Don Weinberger and Steve Small separate fact from fiction when it comes to claims about tetracyclines.
🦷 Will doxycycline stain children’s teeth?
☠️ Is expired tetracycline truly deadly?
🐱 What do cats have to do with all this?
🚴♂️ Let’s cycle through the facts!
They’ll share research and insights into some interesting claims including:
- Doxycycline should never be used in young kids due to teeth concerns.
- Doxycycline monohydrate is better than the hyclate version.
- Minocycline can permanently pigment skin.
- Expired tetracyclines are toxic.
- Tetracyclines shouldn’t be used in pregnancy.
- Tetracyclines shouldn’t be combined with milk.
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TRC Healthcare Editor Hosts:
- Stephen Small, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, BCCCP, CNSC
- Don Weinberger, PharmD
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Guest:
- Michael Deaney, PharmD, AAHIVP (Clinical Pharmacist, Children’s Hospital Colorado)
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The clinical resources mentioned during the podcast are part of a subscription to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, and Prescriber Insights:
- Article: Sort Out Tetracycline Safety in Pregnancy and Lactation
- Chart: Antibiotics in Pregnancy and Lactation
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