amoxicillin? could anyone please share the effectiveness of this medication. and also, before my derm perscribed it to me, he asked if i was allergic to penicillin b/c this drug is related. i said no, but when i got home, i realized that i didnt know if i was allergic b/c i never needed to take it. do people first figure out if theyre allergic by taking the medicine? and i know that yeast infections is a possible side effect. anyone experience this? thank you all very much for all the help!

Amoxycillin, I believe is in the Penecillin family of anitbiotics. I'm allergic to Penecillin but not Amoxycillin.

Did your regular GP or your dermatologist prescribe it? Did he/she specifically explain why?

I find there are always doctors who are going to want to push the long term use of antiobiotics for the treatment of acne, while there are others who acknowledge that is not only ineffective for some people but a bad idea.

If you just started going to the Doc for acne, perhaps he is simply working through the steps to find what type of acne you have. Perhaps he thinks it's being triggered by a follicle infection. Maybe he thinks that if he can get the acute bacteria under control, then you can move on to other treatments following.

In order to get to the point where Accutane is recommended, the FDA has really clamped down and requiring Docs to cover ALL their bases prior to advising it's use. Most doctors have always been very careful in that sense anyway, but the FDA has really tightened the reigns in the last year.

Ask your doctor lots of questions, though, whatever cousre of treatment he prescribes, and don't be afraid to tell him if you are against long term use of antibiotics for the treatment of your actne. There are other options, some better than others...

Read the patient information sheet that comes with your Rx when you get home as it tells you exactly how to take the medication as well as possible side effects to be on the lookout for.

no, im not a new patient. and my derm perscribed it to me because of my type of acne. its said to work best if i have topicals and antibiotics since its the inflammatory type. ive been on minocycline for a while. a long while at different dosages paired with various topicals.

Oh, I hate minocin (another name for it) -- I took it in college for several months. It did nothing for my acne and only caused severe chronic yeast infection. Yuk.

That was the last antibiotic I took before going on Accutane when I was about 20.

I had a Derm when we first moved to NC years ago that wanted to put me on a long term antibiotic, Sulfa, and not only did it not work either but I had an allergic reaction to it. He just wanted to put me on another and I never went back. Years later, when we moved to OR and I started seeing the Docs about my acne again, I flat told them no antibiotics.

I take spironolactone -- ask your Doc about it...

The only thing I've ever been on Amoxicillin for was sinus infections and it doesn't work on me. The only thing I know is you might be in trouble if you have a history of yeast infections.

Amoxicillin DEFINATELY works for ME.
I discovered it accidentally, taking Amoxicillin for an illness and within about 3 to 4 days I noticed my acne clearing up noticeably, and after taking Amoxicilling for about 7 days I was practically acne free.
My doctor couldn't believe it. She wrote me up for another 7 days of Amoxicillin because I insisted, and my acne stayed away. I didn't get any further refills and my acne came back about a week after stopping.
A couple months later I got another perscription for Amoxicillin from her and again it cleared up. She was curious as to this and so put me on Doxycycline to see if that would work better for whatever reason, but Doxycycline did NOTHING for my acne.

Same results happened about a year later when I had sinus surgery, again being placed on Amoxicillin post-surgery and again my acne notably cleared up about 3 days and virtually was clear in about 7 and remained clear perhaps 3 days after stopping the course of Amoxicillin. Similar to the first doctor, the ENT couldn't believe Amoxicillin cleared up my acne.

...So, as common sense would dictate that there are many causes that may result in one's body producing acne. Maybe Amoxicillin will help you, maybe not. Just try it for a couple weeks. If it works, it is a very inexpensive solution, probably the cheapest. I see the acne solution a bit like women that take hormonal treatment as birth control, doctors seem to play a bit of hit or miss until they find the right birth control that works for that particular woman. So, similarly, you will have to play around until you find what works probably.

In my case, I think it is allergies that somehow causes a moderate acne reaction.
Note, my acne is not bad really, and probably 80% of my "acne" cannot be "popped" like a zit that would produce white goo, so perhaps mine is more like an allergic reaction? I say this because I know it gets worse if I am sleeping on the carpet and I later found via allergy testing that I am allergic to dust mites. Odd thing is that I don't itch nor sneeze nor have runny noses from sleeping on the floor at all, which surprised the allergist. Another odd note in my case is that my acne bumps seem to stay perpetually in the same pores too (unless I take Amoxicillin). Sometimes 10% Benzoil Peroxide helps me a little (over the counter products like Clearisil, Oxy, etc.), but nothing compared to what Amoxicillin does.

Oh, another person commented on Spironolactone - be warned, if you are a MALE taking high doses or long-term dosing this can cause gynocomastia (spelling) which is a SWELLING of your AREOLA around your NIPPLES, which is also a bit painful and not attractive on a man. It takes a long time for your body to naturally recover from this after stopping spironolactone. Surgery to remove the "lumps" is not covered by most insurances for men (but often is a covered procedure for women, a sexist policy in my view).

minocin isn't the same thing.


anyway, i've used Amoxicillin for acne, it didn't really do much for me.

I've heard of Amoxicillin being prescribed for acne. I took it for a tooth infection and it cleared my acne - almost over night.

Be sure to take a high potency probiotic with this to prevent yeast infections (available at health food stores and the best are refridgerated) and keep an eye out for the amoxocillin rash. It looks like flesh colored tiny bumps which may appear in patches. If you should develop this (and you may not) check with your derm. Good luck!

I was prescribed amoxyl for an infection and i found out that it cleared up my acne completely in 3 days. Problem was I had an allergic reaction on the 5th day of taking the stuff and broke out in a huge rash covering almost my entire body. Needless to say, i stopped taking the amoxyl and now a week later my face is back to where it was. Does anyone know of anything that is similar to amoxyl that would be available either via prescription or over the counter? I was amazed at how great my skin looked just one week ago and would love to have it like that permanently!

I was on amoxy for a long time, it was the only thing that would hold my acne back well, i have been on other drugs too, mino and doxy even ampacillin. mino made me so dizzy and sick, doxy did nothing. the problem is that if you are on it too long you can get other skin problems like i had, after being on it a while like over a year, i got yeast infections on my skin and it resembled acne but very tiny and itchy, also in my mouth and girly area too:( . It has been proven that zinc has been just as effective as antibiotics when taking every day, in alot of people. I now take 60 mg of opti zinc a day to help my acne and i see a noticeable improvement.