Tetracycline (Antibiotic) Reviews
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Prescription summary (318 votes) |
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3.0/5 |
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2.9/5 |
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4.1/5 |
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Common brand names:
Sumycin |
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Anonymous
May 15th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | possible temporary self esteem boost due to clearer skin. |
| Cons: | extensive death of intestinal flora leading to reduction in natural metabolism of vital fatty acids, reduction of naturally microbe produced B vitamins, stunted growth, and open susceptibility to candida and other fungal infections. |
| Bottom Line: | don't take antibiotics to clear your acne: the high probability of extremely negative long term effects outweighs any negligible positive effects. this product makes you feel dizzy because you are becoming malnourished due to die off of important intestinal flora. probiotics, like PB8, are essential to recovery from antibiotic poisoning. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $10,000.00 |
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MP, CA
May 13th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Probably helped somewhat with my acne, but since I'm using 3 different things it's hard to tell |
| Cons: | Risk of antibiotic resistance, causes flat warts!! |
| Bottom Line: | I had flat warts around a year ago that went away on their own but tetracycline brought all of them back and more! Avoid oral antibiotics if at all possible, there are so many factors that you can't control! |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | MP has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | $5.00 |
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Tetracyline, St. John's, NL - Canada
May 3rd, 2008 |
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| Bottom Line: | I just started the pill 6 days ago, and it seems to be slowing down on the acne break outs. Every night as I lay in bed I get a gassy feeling in my stomach and my lower abdomen bloats out. I guess I will see as the weeks go on if it goes away. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Tetracyline has used this item for about a week. |
| Price Paid: | $2.00 |
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Justin, Washington
May 3rd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | controls breakouts |
| Cons: | doesnt clear that much |
| Bottom Line: | this kept me from getting any serious breakouts, but its just cant seem to fully clear up my skin. However, i didnt know you were'nt supposed to take it with food, so that could have dulled the effect cause i eat breakfast with 30 mins of using it. i have a 500mg dose and its never made me feel sick or wierd. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Justin has used this item for a few months. |
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Anonymous, co
Apr 29th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | my skin is PERFECT after finally adjusting my dosage!! |
| Cons: | i'm begininng to think my feeling sick all the time might be related to the medication. possible side effects: fever, fatigue, lowered immune system (trying to counter by taking aProbiotic)and just a gerneral malaise. |
| Bottom Line: | i had been on tetracycline for 2yrs with moderate success. it controlled my breakouts but didn't eliminate them.
initially, it didn't work at all but my dermatologist stressed how important it was to take on an empty stomach. after adhering to the empty stomach rule, i saw a major improvement in it's effectiveness. i take first thing when i wake up in the morning and wait and hour to eat. make sure you do not take with milk or even juice that may have calcium in it - it counters the effectiveness of the antibiotic. i do find i need to take it with some kind of flavored liquid because it takes like sh*t.
also, i had been taking 750mg once a day with only moderate improvement for about two years. after a mistake in filling my prescription i was bumped up to 1000mg and let me tell ya that did the trick. my skin is now PERFECT!!! i've stayed on the 1000mg for about 6months now and it's the best my skin has looked since before i hit puberty. |
| Price Paid: | $10.00 |
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Anonymous
Apr 13th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | cleared up smaller acne |
| Cons: | -turned my teeth yellow
-extreme sun sensitivity |
| Bottom Line: | this cleared up only some of my acne. really bad side effects though, my teeth and permanetly yellow and i had extreme sun burn all of the time |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $15.00 |
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Just me, in NJ
Apr 12th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | none for me |
| Cons: | When i started to take this i did notice no more breakouts but my skin remained the same. soon enough i started to realize i woul d break out into hives. Allergic reaction for me but it never did really anything to my skin to clear it up. |
| Bottom Line: | allergic reaction. Doesnt clear up just keeps under control |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Just me has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $6.00 |
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Mike, Hayward, CA
Apr 11th, 2008 |
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| Cons: | -time consuming around meals
-twice aday
-the aftermath after off tetracycline |
| Bottom Line: | I used it before along time ago and i gave it a try for 6 months then i been off of it for awhile then i recently started breaking out badly these past 3 months and i started back on it for 2 more months again. It seems to make my face less oily now and my break outs are calming down but doctor said its a 6 month time period to see results...bottom line i dont know what to do this acne is making me depressed theres no new answers out there for acne..just old antbiotics that dont seem to work fast enough |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Mike has used this item for a few months. |
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Kaykay, Wichita, KS
Apr 11th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | It did clear up acne for a while. |
| Cons: | Extreme nausea in my case...also a weird headache that feels different than just a normal headache...and not being able to eat with it. |
| Bottom Line: | I'm going to quit taking it because while it does clear up a little acne, its doesn't clear up enough to make it worth all of the nausea and nasty sick feeling after taking it...ughhh |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Kaykay has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $3.00 |
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Anonymous, LA, USA
Apr 8th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | it controls acne..(not better or not worse ) it leaves it the same condition as you started. |
| Cons: | can't eat whenever you want. makes you feel dizzy, extremely hungry. |
| Bottom Line: | DISAPPOINTING! This is going to be my third week and this drug obviously is not too effective because it stayed the same way as i first started! my acne did not improved nor gotten worse. Last night i finally stopped and today in the afternoon, i see that my Papules have gotten bigger and more puffy!! soo i conclude that tetracyline only serve the duty as "keeping it in control" |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | $20.00 |
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