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[duchamp]

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[Allison12]

Hmm... no, I have never found that with the minocycline. What dosage are you on? Maybe it's too high for you.

[karma89]

Oral antibiotics for acne are a waste of time. No really, search google, search the net. You have so many better options.

[plink]

Yes.

Minocycline has the most side effects of any antibiotic. Period. Tiredness and fatigue are listed as official side effects. They are also side effects I got while taking it.

And there are MANY side effects which aren't listed which stem from ones which are.

[Alvin]

eh not really. for me atleast. although ive been on it for awhile..

[MichaelB]

Don't take mino! Read a new release that it should only used as a last resort-it has been determined to cause auto-immune problems-Those derms are pushing it like candy and have no idea what they doing, so get off that antibiotic.

[Feyax]

I don't mean to come off as rude or mean when I say this, but unless one is a professional in the appropriate medical field it's really not a good idea to give any sort of medical advice to others. Antibiotics are prescribed for a reason and many people have many different reactions to them. It's alarming to see perfect strangers make people just throw out their (already tried and tested) medicine.

Please keep in mind that medicine manufacturers are in most cases required by law to list any and all possible side effects, no matter how rare.

As for me, I'm on minocycline 100mg, once per day, and I've been nauseous from time to time, but taking it just before I go to bed does help.

[zzzboy]

for SURE it can make you tired.

this is a real comment from a minocycline user. it was EXACTLY why i went off it. i always was tired and dizzy, and i always had this sagging feeling in my eyes.

i did week trials on and off of it and i noticed how much i improved when i went off it.

its not for everyone. i just accepted it.

[flash787]

MInocycline..and AUTO -IMMUNE problems..I was on Minocycline for 5 years and had no problems... then I got MONONUCLEOSIS.........I got over MONO, but continued to feel EXTREME FATIGUE....for 2-1/2 years later..... I have been off MINOCYCLINE for three days..I woke up the third day feeling much better..... If I would sleep 12 hours I was still FATIGUED when I got up.... I have been reading that Minocycline can cause AUTO-IMMUNE PROBLEMS....I wonder if this was my problem after MONO.... with the FATIGUE and AUTO-IMMUME ISSUES.... I have also called a doctor's office due to having severe itching on my scrotlum and anus...That is also a SIDE EFFECT of MINOCYLINE ....After three days off MINOCYCLINE, the itiching in the scrotum and anal area is much better...

[flash787]

MINOCYINE...I have had nausea..dizziness...feeling woozy....not able to concentrate when someone talks to me..dizzy...extreme FATIGUE... ...after having MONO .... I KEPT TAKING MINOCYCLINE DURING ALL OF THIS... The MONO was out of my body after the doctor gaem me the packets of PREDNISONE PILLS....after the MONO I have extreme FATIGUE....can't concentrate....dizziness..fainting feeling when standing in one place very long...severe ITCHING in the SCROTUM AND ANAL area...All this continues after having MONO 2-1/2/ uears ago. I kept TAKING MINOCYCLINE....wehn I was sick with MONO......and up until THREE DAYS AGO..

THREE DAYS ago I STOPPED taking MINOCYCLINE...The ITCHING and FATIGUE seem mcuh better. I had taken MINOCYCLINE for several YEARS. I have read where MINONCYCLINE can casue problems with yoru AUTO_IMMUNE SYSTEM.. Has anyone else READ ABOUT, or KNOW anything about MINOCYCLINE causing problems with your AUTO-IMMUNE SYSTEM ?????

[flash787]

I want to WARN all about doctors. Some are not good !!!! Not all doctors keep up on things and then do NOT tell you everything. I ahve been to coctors that do not listen very well...seeemed burned out..etc.... Do your research and if you feel your doctor is NOT listening..get a new doctor...

[JBguy]

flash787, im sorry you had a bad time on mino
But I was on it for a year, and was 95% cleared, and I was loving life.
I had no side effects.

After a year it lost its effectiveness, and I have had to move on.
I wish it still worked, I would still be taking it.

[Jb Ave]

I got on minocycline fully aware of the possible side effects, which include some pretty serious stuff... So far I have been completely side-effect free. If you're still experiencing fatigue after being off the antibiotic for a month, it probably is not related. Out of curiosity, which birth control pill did you choose?

[deletedaccount111]

if there were side effects with minocycline, i certainely didnt experience any.

[flash787]

if there were side effects with minocycline, i certainely didnt experience any.

[cupcake_19]

I'm on Doxy and I'm ffeeling atigue all the time

[moncj66]

yeah, I got started mino 4 days ago and im already getting more tired than usual..Im gonna stop b/c the other side effects are scaring me...blue pigmentation..umm no thank u..

[cupcake_19]

Blue pigmentation!?!?! What??

[yellowlorry]

I've been taking minocycline for just over a month now and the only side effects I seem to get are headaches and an occasionally sore upper stomach.

[willis00037]

I took minocycline for ages, never linked it too my fatigue until I did some research. It made me unable to function from 2pm onwards, couldn't think, eyes couldn't stay open. Definitely test this drug before use, also try natural alternatives and change your diet completely. i.e. stop drinking milk, switch to soy milk. drink green tea. take optizinc. use manuka honey umf 5-15.use cetaphil wash. try lemon juice