Minocycline (Antibiotic) Reviews

I took Minocycline for a little over a year. At first it worked extremely well - completely cleared my skin, and for me produced much less sun sensitivity than other antibiotics. After about a year, however, I developed discoloration that looked like large blue-grey bruises on my shins, and a faint brownish spot on the tip of my nose (which fortunately looked more like a shadow from most angles, and wasn't too visible). I also noticed that an old scar on my shins discolored a blue-grey. All eventually faded dramatically after discontinuing the minocycline - but it did take approximately 7-8 months for the discoloration to fade.

After spending ridiculous amount of time and money trying to self medicate my bad skin, I was prescribed minocycline with differin gel by a dermatologist. It worked great as long as I kept using it, but as soon as the prescription ran out, there it was, back in all it's glory. That's when I found this site. I used the bp gel and the eucerin aha for about two months and not only did it clear up my skin, it has remained clear, even though I'm not using the bp any longer.

I have been on Minocycline 100 mg, while using Brevoxyl 4% face wash and Differin gel for about a year. My acne cleared up quite well, but when my dermatologist tried to give me 50 mg, my acne came back with full force. Also, within this one year, I've also had to battle with two vaginal yeast infections because of the antibiotic. I may have to switch to something else.

I have suffered from acne for about 12 years and tried many different treatments. I started taking minocycline and after about two weeks my skin had cleared completely. I thought I had found the miracle cure. Unfortunately it didn't last and after about a month of clear skin my pimples were worse than ever. I am now trying doxycycline and hoping for a better result - no improvement yet but fingers crossed.

I had to stop taking this drug after two weeks because I experienced one of its rare side effects: acute systemic joint pain. It was literally too painful for me to shampoo my hair or turn a door knob. It was very severe, and I missed a week of work. It took 2-3 weeks for the pain to dissipate, and two months later, my skin is still ultra-sensitive. An example: if something lightly scrapes my arm, there is immediately a welt. The welt disappears in about 30 minutes, but still...I feel like I have to walk on eggshells and not bump into anything or scrape anything against my skin. I wouldn't recommend antibiotics to anyone. Not just because of this experience, but mostly because taking antibiotics for a long period of time just isn't a good idea for your body...

I was on Minocin for a few months then I started to notice bruises that weren't going away. I was taken off of it because one if the side effects it permenant skin discoloration from bruising. I now have permenant bruising all over my body.

I have been using minocylin for about 3 weeks and eveythings going great.Only though about 25% of my acne has dissapeard, i feel like this is gonna work.Im using this along with clindamycin which i apply in the morning and torzac which i use at night.This is really working for me

i took this minocycline the 100MG and it worked very good for the first couple of weeks but in the third week i started to get itchi and rash all over my body. i couldn't even sleep for two night because of the itch. my eyes were all puffy and i could barly open my eyes. Now its been 2 weeks since I've stoped it and i feel much better about the side effect.
so it sucked :( and did not worth at all.also i bought it about $100 CAD

I'm 22 and I have acne for 2-3 years now.I tried Minocycline (about 6 months)with a cream (Differin) but it didn't work.I didn't get worse but I still had my pimples. I starded Accutane last week and I hope it will work on me!

using minocycline for almost 2 weeks now along with differin gel not seeing much improvement, actually got worse. the only thing that does work is the contraceptive pill.