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[hardlymovin2003]

Well my question is simple i stopped breaking out completly but i am on retin-a .5 and tetracyline and i have been on tetracyline now for about 5 months..would it be okay to stop it and just keep taking retin-a..i dont want to get immuned or mess anything up while taking it...my derm wants me to stay on it until i go back in MAY and possible longer..

also maybe i could slowly wean myself off of them...if anybody on here has been weaned off these pills please tell me how you had to do it and such i would appreciate that alot.

please anybody with any information please help me out thanks alot!

p.s. i was taking retin-a .25% and my tetracyline now i bumped myself up to 5% and havent broke out yet so maybe the retin-a is what is helping the most idk..

p.s.s. also i take two tetracyline in the morning and two at night!

[hardlymovin2003]

bump..

[bran88]

Hi there,
Antibiotics only work as long as you're on them (and perhaps for a few months afterwards since they stay in your system for a while depending on how long your were on them)...but the good news is that if you stop taking the tetracycline to see if the retin a is working for you, and then you start breaking out again, you can always go back on tetracycline. No harm done. Also, I think it would be worthwhile since long term antibiotic use is pretty unhealthy and you might become immune to it anyway. If you do continue tetracycline, please consider a good probiotic supplement. Good luck to you with whatever you decide!

[hardlymovin2003]

yea i think ima go ahead and stop them and see what happens like you said i got nothing to lose here so thanks