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The disposition of minocycline, tetracycline, doxycycline and oxytetracycline was investigated in four male volunteers after multiple dosing. Values for half life, renal clearance and volume of distribution were calculated and corrected for plasma protein binding. Tetracycline and oxytetracycline have a much larger volume of distribution than minocycline and doxycycline but similar half lives. They give higher tissue levels for equivalent plasma levels. Since their cost per unit dose is much lower they should be the tetracyclines of first choice.
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Green, R., Brown, J.R. & Calvert, R.T. The disposition of four tetracyclines in normal subjects. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 10, 245–250 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00558336
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