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Minocycline (Antibiotic) Reviews
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Anonymous from South Carolina
December 8, 2009
| Pros | Effective Inexpensive |
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| Cons | Bluish staining of my teeth and EARS. I know... weird. |
| Bottom line | I had a break-out case of cystic acne on my chin when I was 21. It was embarrassing, hard to cover with make-up, and VERY painful. I was prescribed minocycline and it seemed to work perfectly except for a few, rare instances of cysts. I tried about once a year to take myself off of it, but the cysts would re-occur. My GP started refilling the Rx for me, so I had no need to go back to the Derm. I'm now 39. Five years ago my teeth and ears starting taking on this bluish tinge. My once really pretty white teeth are ruined and there's NOTHING anyone can do about it. Not even veneers will help because they are semi-translucent like your natural teeth, so you can still see a little of the bluish tinge through them (i've been told by my dentist). I wear my hair straight and over my ears, and no one really notices my teeth unless I'm in natural light and smile really big. I wouldn't chance this. Too many other things out there to try first. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $15.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Stephanie from Boston, MA
December 6, 2009
| Pros | Three months in and there's been a signficant reduction in the number of breakouts I've had. My skin is practically clear. |
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| Cons | Had horrible dizzy spells for the first two weeks. Dizziness will reccours if miss a dose or a day's worth of doses. Will need to stay on this medication for at least a year, if not longer. |
| Bottom line | So far so good. I am using this in conjunction with a topical gel (clyndamycin) and cream (retin-a). While the whiteheads and pustules have virtually disappeared, I still have cysts that form every month or two and those require injections. All of these medications are available as generic, so monthly costs are low. My skin isn't perfect, but it's so much better than it's ever been. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Jon from CA
December 2, 2009
| Pros | Started clearing up spots |
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| Cons | Broke out in itchy hives everywhere, Felt dizzy a lot |
| Bottom line | My doctor prescribed 100mg of Minocycline to me and I took them along with doing Dan's regimen. I started seeing results within the first two weeks. My skin was getting less redder and scars were starting to look less horrible. However, by the fourth week I noticed I started getting itchy hives/spots all over my body. It turned out I was allergic to the medicine so I have seen my doctor and stopped taking it since then. Although I will say, that you should give it a shot if you're not allergic since it seemed to be working pretty well. Too bad I am allergic to it though. Oh, and also, you do feel pretty dizzy every now and then will taking Minocycline. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $24.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
keke from Delaware
December 2, 2009
| Pros | Cleared up my skin in just 3 days. i went out of country and broke out like crazy pimple n bumps every where. after taking this med i was clean in 3 days |
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| Cons | Have to take it daily or once a day.Doc recommends twice a day but once a day is fine. |
| Bottom line | take the 100 minocycline not 50.. use a good face-wash and dont use your towel to wipe your face after wash use a paper towel (less germs). i bet you will see a difference and tie your hair during bed time. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $30.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Stewart from Orange County, CA
December 1, 2009
| Pros | Skin was completely clear in 2 months |
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| Cons | can make you dizzy and sick. |
| Bottom line | Highly Recommend taking Minocycline. It is the only product that has ever worked!! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $15.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Nicholas from califorina
November 30, 2009
| Pros | after a month, breakouts completley stoped... |
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| Cons | stomach hurt alot when i took pill without food in me. Also got headaches every once in a while. |
| Bottom line | the pros out weigh the cons...if u have moderate acne stop using proactive..it really doesnt work...go to the doctors and ask for minocycle and benzaclyne gel...it will be the last thing u will have to use for ur acne...and once ur acne is completly gone..u can just use the gel and stop taking minocyclin |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Elissa from Decatur IL
November 30, 2009
| Pros | Breakouts healing faster. Breakouts subsiding. |
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| Cons | Can't take it with food. Cannot eat for an hour before or after taking it. cannot lay down for bed for half an hour after taking it. |
| Bottom line | I was on tetracycline that, for some reason, gave me terrible night sweats. After waiting a week from my last pill of tetracycline by doctor gave me minocycline to take 1 50mg pill a day for a week to see how I would react. This was upped to 2 50mg pills a day if no adverse reactions. I broke out like crazy after upping the dosage. Now it's been 3 days since I upped the dosage and my skin is clearing fast. All new pimples are dried over and no new ones have yet formed. Whiteheads are shrinking and drying. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $1.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
NEVER AGAIN! from california
November 24, 2009
| Pros | NONE whatsoever |
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| Cons | I had pretty bad acne before taking the medication. all my acne was on my cheeks. after i started taking this medication i became: 1. very dizzy, my acne got SO SO much worse. Like i'm getting a new pimple every single day now |
| Bottom line | i had mild acne before . now it severe. this medication SUCKS. honestly i've tried proactive which completely fcked up my face, stievamycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, and finally minocycline. out of all i feel that clindamycin worked the ULTIMATE best. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $34.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Dawn from Seattle, WA
November 24, 2009
| Pros | The price is good if you have insurance. |
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| Cons | This absolutely did NOT work for me. I took it for a month and my face kept breaking out more and more and got worse and worse. I am 49 years old and my face hadn't broke out this bad since high school. Awful, awful, awful! |
| Bottom line | The bottom line is that obviously not one particular thing works for everyone. My doctor also prescribed a topical cream called Metronidazole to use while I took Minocycline. It seemed a vicious cycle to me - Minocycline would make my face breakout and the cream would heal the breakouts but it just couldn't keep up... just too many blemishes to combat. Now after being off ProActv for six months I went back to using it last week to clear up all the blemishes. Combined with the cream to keep my face from drying out and to heal any new breakouts seems to be working. My face feels smooth again and the blemishes are slowly but surely healing and not returning. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $15.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Vanessa from NJ
November 21, 2009
| Pros | It really works!! |
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| Cons | If taken during the day or take more than suppose to, I would feel a bit hyper and then sick in my stomach. |
| Bottom line | I have a year on this medication. I'm in my mid 20's and before this medication I went to a bunch of skin doctors, and spend so much money to clear my face up. My acne is very mild but, it gets very bad around that time of the month. So I control by taking one pill a day 2 days before my period and then after for two more days. Together with 10% bensil. That does the trick for the whole month. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $15.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
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