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Minocycline (Antibiotic) Reviews
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Jake from Milwaukee
January 11, 2012
| Pros | had clear skin for the first time since i was 12! |
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| Cons | effects didnt last long, have to limit dairy intake |
| Bottom line | we have a high insurance deductible that we never meet, so thats why it was so expensive for me. cleared up my skin! NO acne whatsoever, even on half the dose! didnt last long though, after a few months i started breaking out again, so naturally i went back to the prescribed dose of 2 pills a day... it's been a month now with no improvement. also, eating anything rich in calcium 2 hours before and after taking the pill reduces the effectiveness.... thats 8 hours a day that i cant eat milk, cheese,, yogurt etc. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $50.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Eric from New Jersey
January 4, 2012
| Pros | cleared acne fast |
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| Cons | dizziness, headache, cold chills, light sensitive (darken existing spots) |
| Bottom line | My face suddenly broke out everywhere badly a couple of months ago. I went to my primary doctor, and he put me under Minocycline 100mg twice a day. The second day I took this drug, I started feeling light headed. I read on here that people experienced the same symptom but eventually went away. So I thought I stuck to it and forced myself to stay on it longer. 6th day into the course, I had to stop completely because I wasn't able to walk straight without having to hold onto something. My face did however started to clear fast on the 4th day of treatment. In addition to the dizziness, I was feeling this pressure in my head and a weird headache also. My whole body was feeling cold like I was having a cold/flu. These symptoms stayed even after I stopped taking the minocycline. It wasn't until 1-2 weeks later, I started feeling fine again. My doctor recommended me to take half the dosage, but I just refused to do so. I understand that everyone reacts differently to this drug. If you can tolerate the side effects, then I'd say it's worth taking. But for me, this is a dangerous drug with serious side effects affecting your central nervous system. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Anonymous from Canada
January 3, 2012
| Pros | reduces acne until it is completely gone! It works! |
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| Cons | None! |
| Bottom line | I am 17 and up until now I never really had a lot of acne... Then my senior year came and maybe it was cause of the stress but my acne got worst.. I tried everything! Creams, Clinique, tea tree oil, natural stuff nothing worked! Then I went to see my doctor and he prescribed me Minocycline! It works! It took about two weeks for me to see the effects but now I hardly have any pimples! And if I do they are very small and last a day or two! If you have acne that won't go away this is for you! It helped boost back my confidence! I take 50mg once a day! I won't stay on this pill for a long time probably 3 to 5 months! Hopefully my acne will be gone for good by then! :) This stuff works! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $60.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Jordan from Omaha
January 2, 2012
| Pros | Cleare skin |
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| Cons | Extreme allergic reaction |
| Bottom line | After taking this drug for several years, I suddenly began to have debilitating joint pain and extremely high fevers (104 and higher). See Mara from Chicago, below). After weeks of scary testing with possible prognoses of things like cancer, lupus, and hepatitis; doctors finally figured out it was the minocycline causing it. Of course this doesn't happen to everyone, or even most people, but like other reviewers, I'd advise people to be wary of side effects when using this drug. |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Katie from Texas
December 31, 2011
| Pros | Helped clear up acne |
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| Cons | Hives! burned esophagus |
| Bottom line | This works for some people but for me the side effects were too much. I would get hives regularly and you have to drink this with LOTS of WATER because it can eat away at your esophagus and cause an awful burning feeling near your breastbone. I used this for a while and the burning was the only problem so I got off. I used it a year or two later (drinking lots of water) and the hives were a big problem.. I'm not allergic to anything! |
| Recommended | No |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
ttt from Germany
December 30, 2011
| Pros | acne didn't get worse after getting off the pills |
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| Cons | diarrhea, no difference acnewise |
| Bottom line | my derm prescribed minocycline promising it will help my chin acne. i guess in europe we're very careful with prescription drugs, so i got pills for 3 weeks. the first week i had diarrhea and after 3 weeks there still was no change in my acne. when i was done with the pills the acne didn't get worse either though. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
| Acne severity | light |
Mara from Chicago
December 28, 2011
| Pros | Helped the acne |
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| Cons | 9 month minocycline use caused a toxic hepatitis in our son followed by a severe lupus-like, arthritis-like autoimmune disease from which he still has not recovered 10months after stopping the drug |
| Bottom line | Research the long term side effects on line. If you still want to take the risk and your doctor is not monitoring your liver enzymes ask for the monitoring. If you get any strange side effects on the drug stop using it. |
| Recommended | No |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Anonymous from Atlanta
December 27, 2011
| Pros | Seemed to work |
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| Cons | Price. I had insurance and a savings card, but retail was $986.00!! ALLERGIC REACTION- SEVERE |
| Bottom line | I am 34 and have never had any type of allergic reaction to any medication. Because of this, I wanted to warn others. After 10 days, my entire body broke out into 1 giant INTENSE, HORRIBLE itching hive. From top of head to bottom of feet. Unable to walk, blacked out twice due to extremely low blood pressure. Ended up in ICU for 3 days. If you take this medication, PLEASE watch out for any allergic reaction. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Karen from Florida
December 23, 2011
| Pros | -less pimples |
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| Cons | -dizzy/loopy feeling |
| Bottom line | I had super clear skin up until beginning of freshman year. I started getting some closed comedones (the flesh colored ones) with maybe 2-3 whiteheads. My acne got a lot worse later on during the year, but only on my forehead. I finally went to my derm during the spring & went on this antibiotic. It definitely started reducing the amount of pimples and by summer time I was only left with some PIH marks. I also don't remember having any side effects. I stopped using the antibiotic after about 3-4 months. I was pretty clear all through the summer. Immediately when school started back up again I broke out with pimples on one of my cheeks where I never got pimples... I'm back on Minocyclin again, but this time with adapalene 1% (differin?). The antibiotic seems to be working again... but I'm still getting pimples. (There's always at least 2 on my face) & recently I've been feeling a little dizzy after taking this pill. Although I still recommend it! (ACNE SUCKS!!!!) |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $7.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Rachelle from Toronto
December 17, 2011
| Pros | -cleared redness of my acne -lessened the size of my pimples -reduced majority of the acne on my cheeks |
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| Cons | -SIDE EFFECTS: nausea, dizziness, loss of appetite, mood swings/emotional (in my case), etc. These side effects continued for a couple of days in my situation. -leaves hyperpigmentation (I have asian skin) -takes time to notice results -You have to take it on an empty stomach D:< -made my acne worse for the first two weeks -can be pricey without insurance -barely helped with my chest/back acne |
| Bottom line | I'm 15 and I have moderate acne (mostly on my cheek area) My doctor recommended minocycline for my acne. He initially prescribed me 100mg to be taken 2 times daily, but I couldn't handle the side effects! I was very nauseas for the first two days and I was very emotional. I cried for no reason when my mom asked me what I wanted to eat! LOL, so I called my doctor and he said that 100mg once a day was fine. It took a while to get used to because I had to adjust to my eating schedule and I love to eat at different hours of the day. It took a while to see results which bummed me out because my acne got worse for the first two weeks and my doctor said my acne will improve in 10 days (WHAT A LIE). I've been on this medication for about a month now and my ance is getting better, but it's not completely cleared. My doctor didn't prescribe me any topicals so I'm on the regimen (I didn't buy the acne.org products, I just used alternatives) so I think that also helped with my acne. I recommend this if you don't mind the side effects and the change of your diet, but I think there are better products out there. Once I'm finished with this medication, I'm going to ask my doctor about Azelex (azelaic acid) because I read good reviews on it, it's a topical and there are less side effects :) |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Acne severity | moderate |
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