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tetracycline
  • Restricted Medications Non-Formulary / Not-stocked
Brand names: Sumycin
No brands, forms, or strengths have been added for this generic.
Display Tetracyclines Class: 081224

Medication comments:
Pediatric Pharmacy Association 2025 KIDs List of Key Potentially Inappropriate Drugs in Pediatrics 
Medication: tetracycline (Sumycin)
Key Potentially Inappropriate Drugs in Pediatrics (KIDs) List: Second Edition (Table 1)
Drug tetracyclines
Risk/Rationale Retardation of skeletal development and bone growth
Recommendation Caution in younger than 1 mo
 Quality of evidence: Moderate, Strength of Recommendation: Strong
 
Drug tetracyclines
Risk/Rationale Tooth discoloration
Recommendation Caution in younger than 8 yr
 Quality of evidence: High, Strength of Recommendation: Strong
 
Drug tetracyclines
Risk/Rationale Enamel hypoplasia
Recommendation Caution in younger than 8 yr
 Quality of evidence: High, Strength of Recommendation: Strong

Last updated: Sep. 25, 2025



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