Minocycline (Antibiotic) Reviews

I just started using this together with Tazorac last week, and both of them dried up my skin really fast. However, no other side effects yet. I hope this works!

fanstastic for about a year..then it came back twice as worse

Ive been on a combination of differin cream and minocycline. My doctor told me mino is the same as the other proudct mini-mice. I hope he told me the truth.. anyway differin makes my skin VERY dry, while i've been on the minocycline for 5 days and my skin is alot more smooth and my redness is disappearing. Differin working very well also, helps prevent and remove pimples.

I have been on this drug for just over 12 months...like a number of people have said, i too experienced terrific results until about a month ago...my skin is now twice as bad as it was before i went on the Minocycline/differin gel combo...i must say i had NO side effects whatsoever though which was good...

only been on for a week so far it sucks breaking out and my face is a reddish color like i am blushing all of the time and I am not out in the sun much at all cause its winter here hopefully the results will get better stomach aches headaches breathing problems sucks so far fairly cheap

I had NO facial acne when I went on this med. I was in the Drs. office for a routine physical and she noticed a few spots on my back, so she prescribed it. Now, I have HUGE bumps in big patches all over my back AND I'm starting to get acne on my face. I am going to stay on it tho, to see if it does get better in the long run.

When I first first was placed on Minocycline, it didn't take effect until a month. However, when it did start working the results were amazing. Perfectly clear skin for about a year. That is until after almost exactly a year of using it, my acne came back, and was double as severe as it had been before the medication. My dermotologist said sometimes the different anitbiotic forms of tetracycline just kick out and you have to switch to a new one :(
Now I've been on Doxycycline for a month with no results. Too bad Minocycline didn't work forever, but I highly recommend using it until you become immune, because I had no side effects.

ive been on it for about 3 years. i used it in combo with duac, triaz, retin-a over the years...nothing really cleared it up...Proactive ddidnt work for me either..does not work anymore really....and i get dizzy and sick after about 30 mins of taking it. Im bout to start Dan's Acne Regime tho...

It worked great. I was on a low dose for 4+years, however, I tested positive for LUPUS. My doctor took me off and I had an immediate severe acne outbreak. I'm just finishing 6 months of Accutane. Seems to be working, but HATED the drying side effects.

I took minocycline for 3 years. For the first year and a half my acne was almost completely gone. But the last year it has not worked at all. It gave me horrible side effects. It made me really dizzy, gave me bad headaches, i had heart palpatations, decreased blood pressure, it made me sick, it made me constipated, it damaged my liver, kidneys and intestine, i had bad muscle spasms and trouble breathing.
That was a lot of things to deal with so i decided to stop taking it. I have not been taking it for about a month. The only side effects i have expierienced from not taking it is really nasty yeast infections, depression, and facial rashes.
If you are thinking about taking this drug i suggest you not to. The side effects over power the benefits. It is not worth it at all. It does not work that well.