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[Wynne]

alright. thanks for the replies but my derm put me on doxycycline 200 mg a day, with a clyndamycin/BP topical and retin-a.

Is the clindamycin and BP together? If not, please do not skip the BP! BP stops the development of resistant bacteria when used in conjunction with a topical or oral antibiotic. At least the bacteria on your face won't develop resistance to antibiotics.

Be sure to take probiotics, too. Lactobacillus is most often prescribed, and it absorbs better if taken with a milk product. That includes yogurt. You can just mix the lactabacillus granules in with the yogurt and eat it that way Good luck!

[khagema1]

alright. thanks for the replies but my derm put me on doxycycline 200 mg a day, with a clyndamycin/BP topical and retin-a.

Is the clindamycin and BP together? If not, please do not skip the BP! BP stops the development of resistant bacteria when used in conjunction with a topical or oral antibiotic. At least the bacteria on your face won't develop resistance to antibiotics.

Be sure to take probiotics, too. Lactobacillus is most often prescribed, and it absorbs better if taken with a milk product. That includes yogurt. You can just mix the lactabacillus granules in with the yogurt and eat it that way Good luck!

I wish I could continue to take probiotics with Minocycline, but whenever I do, I break out. Would eating yogurt everyday help at least a little?

[JayQ]

I have supsected folliculitus and was presribed clindamycin topical and bactrim for it. I became resistant to minocycline after about a month of use. Have not used the bactrim yet though because i am treating a lymph node infection i had with an antibiotic called levaquin. Not resistant to levaquin yet and i have taken it on 3 different occasions.

Edited by JayQ, 29 April 2010 - 06:12 PM.

[bennyb]

Yeah the BP and clyndamicin is in one cream called acanya and i use it every morning. I use retin-a gel .01% every other night and 200 mg of doxy a night. It's been about a month and my acne is a little better but not much. I have heard that doxy takes like a month to start working so i hopefully will start to see some results.

[Blissisbs]

Allergies to pretty much anything have the potential to cause death. Has anyone actually died from taking Bactrim? My Derm has no reason to prescribe me one antibiotic over the other. If she thought that I was going to die, she wouldn't suggest it. She's been a family friend for 20 years. Also, all antibiotics have the potential to make bacteria resistant to it. It seems as though it is just a stronger antibiotic, and since I have already done accutane, but some of my acne came back, then I don't see it as such a huge risk. Why not take the stronger medication when the others don't work. If there is no actual instance then I have no reason not to try it.

MRSA is enough. Or should be.

If you become immune to bactrim and get MRSA you could die because bactrim wont work for you anymore lol & then you're really screwed.

[cvd]

Bactrim worked wonders for me. I never took many antibiotics but after decades of dealing with acne I'd had it and would do anything. Minocycline didn't work, Doxycycline sort of worked, and Bactrim knocked out the acne. I was scared the whole time I was taking it because of the potential side effects but I never got any. I took it for several years, the last couple of which I was on a very low maintenance dose. I tried getting off it twice but the acne came back. In Feb I totally weaned off of it and broke out again. Now my derm has put me on Oracea and it has worked wonders, along with using Spironolactone and Retin-A cream. Oracea does not function like an antibiotic but as an anti-inflammatory. If you have resistant adult acne then it may be an inflammatory issue, as well as hormonal, which may mean that Oracea would work for you too. If you're still in your 20's then there's still the potential to outgrow your acne. I wish the best for you and can totally understand how frustrating this whole thing is!!!

[JayQ]

Bactrim worked wonders for me. I never took many antibiotics but after decades of dealing with acne I'd had it and would do anything. Minocycline didn't work, Doxycycline sort of worked, and Bactrim knocked out the acne. I was scared the whole time I was taking it because of the potential side effects but I never got any. I took it for several years, the last couple of which I was on a very low maintenance dose. I tried getting off it twice but the acne came back. In Feb I totally weaned off of it and broke out again. Now my derm has put me on Oracea and it has worked wonders, along with using Spironolactone and Retin-A cream. Oracea does not function like an antibiotic but as an anti-inflammatory. If you have resistant adult acne then it may be an inflammatory issue, as well as hormonal, which may mean that Oracea would work for you too. If you're still in your 20's then there's still the potential to outgrow your acne. I wish the best for you and can totally understand how frustrating this whole thing is!!!

Thought Oracea was doxy?

*EDIT* Nevermind, i read your other post on Oracea telling the difference.

Edited by JayQ, 10 October 2010 - 08:31 PM.