Doxycycline (Antibiotic) Reviews
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Prescription summary (687 votes) |
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3.2/5 |
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3.2/5 |
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4.1/5 |
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Common brand names:
Vibramycin |
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Katie, PA
Jun 22nd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | It helps in that is keeps the zits from taking over, but it doesn't ever completely clear |
| Cons: | having to remembre to take it twice a day! |
| Bottom Line: | worth a shot |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Acne severity: | severe |
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SH, South Africa
Jun 22nd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | I often had those thick white pimples on my face which leave thick dark scars, I took it for a vaginal thrush and noticed that I had no more breakouts on my face. |
| Cons: | You have to drink it with lots of water and with food. |
| Bottom Line: | It helps a lot so try it. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | SH has used this item for about a week. |
| Price Paid: | 7.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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KA, Boston
Jun 20th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Cleared up my moderate acne beautifully!
One pill once a day. |
| Cons: | Take with food. |
| Bottom Line: | I was taking Doxy as an anti-malarial medication while I was in S. America. I noticed that when I came home my skin was clear but I thought it was from wearing no makeup while I was away because when I got back (and stopped taking it) I broke out again. Then at work one day (I am a nurse) someone mentioned that their child was on it got acne. The lightbulb went off. It cleared up my skin so much I am now going to go back on it for acne. Fortunatly, I am going back to S. America again for a month and it will double as an anti-malarial again! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | KA has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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A Mom, Minnesota
Jun 20th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | got rid of my daughter's acne on her back and shoulders |
| Cons: | can cause a yeast infection of the skin that mimics acne |
| Bottom Line: | My daughter had acne on her back and was perscribed a low dose 50 mg a day) as it was a mild to moderate case - by our family physician. After a few weeks, sh had bumps on her chest, which looked like pimples, but were uniformly spread out. We then went to a dermatologist who upped her dose to 200 mg a day, and determined that the chest was acne also as the doxy "spits out" acne as it takes effect.
These bumps kept spreading, up to her neck, chin, etc. Most were just white-head like bumps, some reddish. All the topical stuff did not work on it, and it seemed to get worse.
So, we scheduled a second trip to the derm. She looked at the outbreak and told us it is a yeast infection of the skin! She is now on Sporonox to get rid of it. So be sure any outbreaks after taking doxy are indeed acne, not this form of skin infection, which doxy makes worse as it is an antibiotic. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | A Mom has used this item for a few months. |
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Jamesy, Blue Mountains NSW AUS
Jun 17th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Extremly easy to take, cleared up my skin a quiet alot, stoped me from breaking out |
| Cons: | Didnt make me clear up 100% only about 30% - 50%. For a while it mad me really depressed, took 2 months befor i saw any affect wat so ever. |
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eric, chicago
Jun 15th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | first time i started taking it [100mg 2x day] it worked like a charm [1 month and i had no acne]+ its cheap |
| Cons: | after i stopped taking it, i started to slowly break out, i got it again but it's been about a week and a half and it hasnt done anything, its just gotten worse, i'll give it some more time i guess |
| Bottom Line: | i always seem to break out during summer, i started taking doxycycline in december and stopped in april and it has cleared my face, chest and back. after about a month [may] i started breaking out again. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | eric has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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Stef, Missouri
Jun 15th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | It is really cheap and helps somewhat with acne. |
| Cons: | It does give me a stomach ache, but only if I dont eat first. If taken on an empty stomach it sucks. I havent noticed and awesome progress with my acne, but some minimal healing has occurred. |
| Bottom Line: | Cheap drug and you prob get what you pay for. Nothing great, might work for mild acne situations. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Stef has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 3.00 |
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Karolina Rodrigues, Sunnyvale, CA
Jun 10th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | cheap |
| Cons: | After 1 day of taking this antibiotic, I started to get a mild rash all over my body. Not horrible itchy, but lots of little tiny bumps. Plus a more flaky, itchy kind of rash on the tip of my nose (why?) |
| Bottom Line: | Not sure why, but my skin reacted poorly to this antibiotic, gave me lots of little bumps all over my body. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Karolina Rodrigues has used this item for a day or two. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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Poe, California
Jun 10th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Sort of worked for me; reduced oil production but didn't eliminate acne. I'm on it for the second time, and it's not doing a thing for my acne. Pimples just keep getting worse; am planning on switching to another antibiotic. |
| Cons: | Seems weak + ineffective, am seeing no change in my skin, which is getting worse, if anything. I'm sure it works for some people, but it's definitely not a miracle cure. |
| Bottom Line: | Doxy's cheap - you can get it for about five bucks without insurance, so it doesn't break the bank at all. It doesn't work that well though (if at all), and I wouldn't really recommend it. I suppose you could try it out to see if it worked for you, but I think it's primarily for very mild acne. I really don't think it'd make a dent on severe acne, and it certainly hasn't helped with mine, which is moderate. I only gave it a 2 because it worked okay when I used it for the first time - but I had very mild acne then, maybe 2 or 3 pimples at a time on my face. Now that it's up to around 40, doxy's pretty much useless. I'm going to look into Bactrim. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Poe has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 5.85 |
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Alysia, Las Vegas
Jun 8th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Helped clear up the pimples i had. |
| Cons: | Horrible headaches, stomachaches and had to stop taking it because it would give me horrible re-curing yeast infections. |
| Bottom Line: | Not worth the side effects, there are other pills out there. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Alysia has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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