Tetracycline (Antibiotic) Reviews

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Common brand names: Sumycin

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Chris, Scotland
Jun 8th, 2005
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I've been on tetracycline for about 2months now. Before I started I had really bad acne all over my back, that bled every day. Since then, I still have about the same but its nearly completely stopped bleeding. I don't know if this is because it was infected and now its not or because i stopped scrubbing my back, but the acne is still there. You can't eat 1hr after or 2hrs before u take it!

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Chantelle, London
Jun 5th, 2005
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It was ok i used it with adapalene. Imrovement was noticable but not enough to cause g8 joy. Stopped using adapalene as caused far too much drying, redness and sores- real shock to the system.

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Zebra_295, Killeen
Jun 1st, 2005
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I am 25 yrs old and started getting acne about a year ago and it got progressively worse over the following year. I had never had any problems with acne before. After several months and a face covered with acne I whet to a dermatologist I have been on tetracyclin for about 3 1/2 months now and I m starting to notice a difference. I use other topical ointments, torazac and dulac-gel, I use one in the morning and one at night. Overall my skin is finally becoming what it use to be and the blemishes on my body are completely gone I still have some on my face but they are not nearly as noticable as they use to be. I can finally walk with my head up again and without my hair covering my face.

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Ailbhe, Dublin, Ireland
Jun 1st, 2005
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I was on this for two years, it cleared up my skin relatively fast and though I wasn't quite blemish free, still getting the odd spot every now and again, it was definitely successful. Before I took it, I had spots on my chest and back, which cleared up completely. I'm definitely happy with the results

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tink, san antonio
May 10th, 2005
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It is only $10. well it cleared up my fore head.and im on the 3rd month. Im 14 Nd i was on the 500mg a day. Noww on two 250mg a day but im only taking one ,and i want to stop because i dont want to become ammune to it and im afraid to get a yaest infection.<<<<<<<<<<<PLEASE ADVICE ME<<<<<<<<<

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Mel, Canada
May 10th, 2005
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I am going to start taking the product tomrow, im a little scared, that wil get all these side effects like yeast infections, vomitng, swelling etc. and if my skin will be really dry? does this pill also dry out your skin?

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josie, uk
May 5th, 2005
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iv been taking oxytetracycline tablet for nerli 2 months now, and while i think my skin is clearer i still had a break out a few days ago. While the ones on my back which i really don't like, havnt cleared at all. I have a week to go before my doctor puts me on cream, because apparently i can't stay on these tablets for longer. While my face isn't too bad I have more spots than average. But since taking the tablets the number of spots have reduced but i still have marks which really get me down. Any idea for those? please reply!

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Danny, UK
May 3rd, 2005
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I went on the antibiotics to treat a minor skin infection/irritation on my chin and corners of my mouth about 4 spots in total when i think about it- after 3 weeks of taking oxytetracycline I have had a massive outbreak on and all around my neck large red soars, i never get spots like this on my neck and i am convinced it is this medication! It looks awful and i think my dr is trying to give me a nervous breakdown by prescribing this to me! It may be cheap but comes at a higher expense!

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Lyns, Ontario Canada
Apr 30th, 2005
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This stuff was actually really great. I was given a perscription for only 100 capsules and I didn't noticed a huge change until afterwards when I was looking at pictures from before I went on the medication. It cleared up almost everything and I've been off of it for over a year now and my acne hasn't worsened at all (but nor has it gotten any better). I think that if I go on it again, I will have to take less, but it should clear everything else up (there isn't much more to clear up when I think about it). I didn't find any complications with this (but then again my doctor is VERY careful when giving out perscriptions). I would definitley recommend this product!!

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Emily, New York
Apr 25th, 2005
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I USED THIS AND A TOPICAL ANTIBIOTIC AND IT WORKED WONDERS- CLEAR SKIN GALORE! BUT YOU CANT BE ON AN ANTIBIOTIC FOREVER AS NEW RESEARCH SHOWS- SO I WENT OFF NOW I HAVE YEAST INFECTIONS LIKE CRAZY AND MY ACNE IS WORSE THEN EVER! SHORT TERM THEY ARE FANTASTIC LONG TERM THE WORST DECISION YOU COULD EVER MAKE.

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