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Possible Interaction: Minocycline and Vitamin C

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Vitamin C

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Severe dose-dependent suppression of DNA synthesis was found in the presence of two preparations of minocycline , oxytetracycline, and the ascorbic acid salt of tetracycline.
Surgery  •  1977  |  View Paper
Studies suggest that the concomitant use of vitamin C may help prevent adult-onset pigmentation caused by minocycline.
The literature shows that possible preventive efforts revolve around cessation of the drug or the use of large doses of vitamin C or other antioxidants in conjunction with minocycline therapy to prevent the formation of the pigment responsible for the staining.
Journal of esthetic dentistry  •  1999  |  View Paper
In a case infected with MRSA, of which the Minocycline-therapy had been ineffective, the combined administration of Vitamin C with Minocycline led him successfully to the negativeness of MRSA.
Igaku kenkyu. Acta medica  •  1993  |  View Paper
NDMA formation from minocycline and dodxycycline was blocked by ascorbic acid.
IARC scientific publications  •  1978  |  View Paper
Dimethylnitrosamine formation from minocycline and doxycycline was blocked by ascorbic acid.
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Section C, Biosciences  •  1977  |  View Paper