Tetracycline (Antibiotic) Reviews

this is a really good medication the only thing thats ever worked for me but i got messed up off it ...my stomach hurt soo bad i started shiiting out blood and other stuff and i couldnt eat properly i dunno whats wrong wid me i hate going to the doctor too ...i got off it for 3 months everything is back to normal but my acne is back soo i will try again for the first week if i dont have any effects i will stay on it untill then i will see..i recommend u take it for 3 months get off for 3 then get back on for 3 i seen that it works better like that i used it for too long like 1 year stright and it messed me up soo i advise u not to take too much and never everr take extra pills to catch up to the dosage thats what killed me

hey, ive been on tetracycline and it didnt seem to help me with my acne. now im on minocylcine it seems to be working BUT ive been reading that the acne will return or whatnot.i was just wondering if any of you guys tried dans regimen? cuz thats basically what i was doing before and i was basically acne free for my whole life until my doctor told me to stop using bp all around my face and just do spot treatment..hes such a idiot. anyway...just wondering if any of u guys tried the bp regimen. because im pretty sure itll work.

Tetracycline seems to help me. I take a 500mg pill twice daily (morning and evening). My acne isn't the kind that "sticks" out...it's the underneath the skin stuff so redness and blotchyness is what appears. This seems to get rid of that while Benzoil Peroxide treatments such as AcneFree/ProActive deal with anything else that may come along.(I'd recommend AcneFree cuz it's the same stuff practically). I just started up on Tetracycline again.

For those of you using it that have had bad results, are you waiting 2 hours after you eat and 1 hour before you eat? I drink 2-3 glasses of distilled water with this medication every time I take it (this medicine also helps my 8 glasses a day). It's worked for me before and I have no doubt that it won't work again.

This product has worked wonders for me. I first went to my doctor in October 2005 when my skin was realy bad. Now, in mid 2006, i have found that Galderma's Tetralysal has more or less cleared up my acne. Of course, i still get some spots, but nothing like what i had before. As for affordability, i can't really comment - I live in England so it's free, woohoo!!

Been using oxyetracycline for about a month now, was worried about the side effects but have had NONE.My skin isn't much better but I'm going to give it a few more weeks.
My advice is to eat pro-biotic stuff while on it..I think it helps keep side-effects at bay.
I'm on two a day...I think I'm going to up my dosage to 3 then 4 a day again,see if it helps.

this drung did NOTHING for me. i was on it for over a year and am very happy to have been taken off them!! they may work for some people but certainly did nothing for me!

Ok guys and gals. Lets get to the basics: This drug kills bacteria. Folks with acne tend to have increased bacteria so this product works to prevent the bacteria from eventually provoking the acne.

Usage: You really only need to take one pill per day. All you folks taking 4 per day are insane and should sue your doctor. Perhaps 2 per day max!
Duration: You will have to take this product indefinitely since your body will not just have less bacteria after taking this medicine for a certain amount of time. Once you stop taking it, the bacteria will be back.
Method: Do not take this product with food, specially not dairy products. Take a whole glass of water with it and allow the drug (sit up) to get to your stomach.
Effectiveness: It takes about 4 weeks for this product to work its results. The bacteria that was in your system before you started taking tetra has already triggered acne that will come to "fruition" about a week or two later. So you can expect to wait at least 3 weeks until you see the lack of such "fruition" due to the lack of bacteria. For me this product did work, and it also did work on my back which is my main issue.
Side-effects: Digestive system issues are unavoidable, it seems. Also I feel "chemically" after I take it for a couple minutes. I didnt notice any sexual side-effects (mid-thirties) but there could be some for certain people.

Overall: Honestly, I really dont want to be taking this drug my entire life. I told this to my doctor and she seemed to be surprised that I believe that one could not just take this drug for a year and then be "done". The bacteria will be back. The best thing to do is for bacteria sufferers to try their best to keep their environment clean and avoid consuming products that generate bacteria in the system. Don't toch your face or pick your zits! You just transfer the bacteria to other parts of your body and continue the problem! Clean your hands every time you come in contact with questionable objects or people. Use anti-bacterial products as much as possible.

As a side note, there are necessary bacteria in the system that perform certain tasks, so this product might have side-effects related to that (stomach, for example).

Go ahead and read up on bacteria and acne, and you'll see that they are pretty much one and the same. The skin just cannot handle the amount of bacteria in some people's bodies and this causes acne.

I started taking it around 2 years ago for a 12month course. Within weeks i noticed a difference but within months i noticed side affects such a lethargy. At 11 months i decided my skin was perfect enough to stop the antibiotics. But now 18 months later my skin is back to how it used to be and my dermatologist has put me back on them, lets hope this time they will be gone for good :)

I have been taking Tetralysal 300 for 3 years, it works okay but I do not know of the side effects.
It appears to me that my sex drive has gone way down, it could be my age ( 62 )but when I did not take them for a week I could perform.

I've been on Tetracycline for about 3 years. At first, coupled with Adapalene (a topical treatment), I found my acne really started to clear and by January of this year (2006), I had almost completely clear skin with only a few VERY MINOR spots here and there. Because my skin was so clear, I was advised to come off tetracycline for a while. My skin remained clear for a good 3 months after and I thought I was clear. Then it relapsed and my skin is now (as of July) the worst it's ever been. Sadly, tetracycline doesn't seem to be effective at all any more, despite a doubled dose (twice a day) and am visiting the dermatologist soon for an analysis for Accutane.

My support goes out to all you acne sufferers, it's a horrible thing to have and just when you think you're clear, it comes back again!

Best of luck in the fight!