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QUOTE (Siava @ Apr 5 2008, 01:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm currently weaning from Solodyn; I've been taking it since December. It took about one month to see results and at first I had a surpressed appetite and fatigue. After that first week I had no side effects. This drug has my respect. I've got NO active acne and NO added side effects (I've been on antibiotics for years so of course I've developed some side effects already). Whether or not my acne will return has yet to be determined.
You know, just because one medication doesn't work for someone doesn't mean it won't work for anyone else, but I'm just kicking a dead horse aren't I? READ THE MATERIAL THE DRUGS COME WITH. Simple.
You know, just because one medication doesn't work for someone doesn't mean it won't work for anyone else, but I'm just kicking a dead horse aren't I? READ THE MATERIAL THE DRUGS COME WITH. Simple.
Did your acne stay away since you've been off it? Did it come back?
The red rashes had spread everywhere. My whole body felt like it had been lit up in flames. My feet were no longer swollen, but they still hurt, now my hands were swollen to the point I couldn't hold a cup or open a doorknob. At 8am this morning I went to an urgent care center, by then both of my lips were so swollen I couldn't talk clearly & had to sip water out of a straw. They gave me a shot of steroids and benadyrl. This helped the swelling and itching go away some, which by the way it took 2-1/2 hours for us to see if it was getting better. The doctor prescribed me some steroids and told me to take benadryl every 6 hours. It has been six hours since I took my last dose and now the symptons are starting to show back up fast. My feet are starting to swell up, rashes are spreading everywhere and my ears are swollen too. I'm gonna try to take it every 4 hours now. It seems to me like the reaction alternates from body part to body part randomly and once the bendaryl wears off, it comes back immediately. I hope this goes away soon because it is very uncomfortable and painful.
Anyway, I haven't noticed any change in my face at all. I have a moderate amount of acne and quite a bit of cystic acne as well. I have not had any more new breakouts though. No clue if solodyn or benzaclin helped with that. Unfortunately, I was unlucky enough that one day I started to itch like mad. Low and behold, a rash of hives began along my backside. Then it moved to my groin area. Then legs, chest, arms, scalp, neck...you get the picture. (on the plus side, it's barely touched my facial area. )And it itchness like nothing I've had before. That's scary, b/c I once had an allergic reation to codine and it was NOTHING compared to this. Then the swelling began. Random parts of my body are swelling, but the worst has been my feet, hands, ears, and neck/face. The swelling causes EXTREME joint pain. So bad in fact I'm hardly able to walk. I just gained enough comfort to type today(with some help of Darvocet), although the pain and swelling still exist. (You can picture a woman shuffling down the hall of her home covered in red blotches and giggle if you like 
) Blinding headaches are also part of the drill. I stopped taking the pills after the rash began 3 days ago, and I continue to get worse as time passes. The doctor told me I will get worse for 4-5 days, and then probably begin to get better which may take 2 weeks. (I believe this is due to the "extended release" in the medication) Because I'm not having trouble breathing (which apparently is my stroke of good luck as I noticed it early enough to discontinue) the Doctor did NOTHING for me. 
I'd like to warn people to watch CAREFULLY for the begining symptoms like this. Best case scenerio is you WILL be miserable for at least 4-5 days. Worst case is that if you continue to take it and ignore the signs, you will be unable to breathe. This isn't a common thing I've been told, but I wasn't really watching for this after 2.5 weeks on the medicine. I just figured if I would have an allergic reaction to a pill, it would start when I started to take it. Hopefully this advice can help someone else as well. And if this starts for you, I would suggest you DEMAND some sort of medication to lessen the symptoms. I haven't been able to function at all in 3 days, and that is not something you want to do. I am taking antihistamine, but it does NOTHING for this. Well, maybe it has stopped worse symptoms that I may have had coming, but it's done nothing to lessen what did show up. Hope everyone else has better luck than I did!
