A 35-year-old member asked:
What is the difference in doxycycline hyclate and other doxycycline drugs?
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Dr. Charles Davantanswered
Family Medicine 51 years experience
Chemistry: There are slightly different chemical compounds, but your body and the bacteria can't tell a difference.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
What's the difference between doxycycline hyclate & doxycycline mono?
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Dr. Christopher Nicoraanswered
Internal Medicine 26 years experience
Mono vs hyclate: Suffice it to say that there is no appreciable difference in a real world situation, both treat the same thing.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Doxycycline hyclate vs. Doxycycline vibramycin (doxycycline) difference?
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Dr. Robert Roaneyanswered
63 years experience
Doxycycline - Vibram: Vibramycin is a brand name of doxycycline.
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4.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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