Tetracycline (Antibiotic) Reviews
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3.0/5 |
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2.9/5 |
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Common brand names:
Sumycin |
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alyssa, New York, NY
Feb 4th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | NOTHING |
| Bottom Line: | I've had somewhat severe acne for years now, and a dermatologist prescribed this for me. i was on it for a bout 3 months, and saw NO improvement whatsoever. i didn't experience any physical side effects, but i definitely saw that my skin got worse as time went on. eventually it was useless and i went off it. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | alyssa has used this item for a few months. |
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Anonymous, UK
Feb 4th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | I used Topicycline (the topical Tetracycline lotion) for a couple of years, and it cleared up my skin really well. I used to get the odd whitehead, but most of the time my skin was clear. I didn't get any side-effects. |
| Cons: | Didn't help with blackheads. Had an unpleasant smell, and a yellow colour which showed on my skin, but could be rinsed off after an hour. |
| Bottom Line: | Unfortunately you can't get Topicycline any more in the UK. It was the only acne medication I have tried that worked with my skin. I'm still looking for something that works as well as this did. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
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Anonymous, Australia
Feb 1st, 2008 |
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| Pros: | May be effective for others, but not for me. |
| Cons: | I have had acne since my early teenage years and still have it in my mid 20's. I've taken several courses of different tetracyclines for upto 6 months to a year and has never given me lasting results or any significant results even when on it. |
| Bottom Line: | Didn't work for me.
Could possibly develop a resistance due to it being an antibiotic. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 17.00 |
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justin, waukehsa, WI
Jan 29th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Face is nearly perfect every single day. Life has been far better ever since. |
| Cons: | Cant eat when I want, and sometimes get empty stomach pains, not that bad though. |
| Bottom Line: | This product started working right away on my face. But, my back still had painful bumps. So I upped my dose to 2 capsules a day which helped my back. But, still I break out on my back every once in a while. But, my face is nearly perfect everyday! When a little tiny zit DOES pop up, its taken care of within a day. Just hate having to plan my days around these pills though. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | justin has used this item for about a year. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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Mystery, India
Jan 26th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Cleared up moderate acne pretty quicky but blackheads on nose continue also on shoulders. |
| Cons: | Moderate hair thining if taken over period of time, heartburn, increased photosensitivity. |
| Bottom Line: | Best medicine ever used for moderate acne. Though results are slow and steady. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Price Paid: | 5.00 |
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jena, wales
Jan 25th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | it definately helped my skin, as it was quite bad before. massive improvement in just months. |
| Cons: | annoying taking the medication an hour before food and two hours after. made me feel sick so didnt each much. made me loose a stone in the 2 months of taking it, which was not good as quite petite anyway, so had to come of them. |
| Bottom Line: | they are really great for helping your skin, however, it has a different effect on everyone, so just expect what happened to me, to happen to you. I would recommend this antibiotic for bad skin as i found it deffinately helped. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | jena has used this item for a few months. |
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Anonymous, england
Jan 24th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Works well to start with. |
| Cons: | Loses effectiveness over time.
Possible other side effects? |
| Bottom Line: | This worked extremely well for 3-4 months, but then the spots started to come back. It is not as bad as it was, but still nowhere near to clear. Also, my vision has been more blurry and I have experienced headaches since I started takin it. I am not sure if this is due to the drug or not, but I have heard that these are possible side effects. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a few months. |
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tired of spots:(, N.Yorkshire
Jan 24th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Nice packaging, easy small pill to take, to be fair have noticed it has given my skin a slight suntanned look - which is nice esp this time of year when everyones skin is so pale! |
| Cons: | have to take on an empty stomach, bitter after taste atfer taken, no signs of clearing yet...has made my skin and mouth area break out in itchy red looking whiteheads..still waiting to see if it is helping to clear - will give it another month to see |
| Bottom Line: | try it, it maybe for you but if no results after 2mths go back to ur dr or derm and tell them its not doing the job. Give it a try with bp 5% and differin - give it a good 2 months if no positive results - accutane should be the next step!
I have a clear forehead and the side of my cheeks are crystal clear but the top of my mouth and chin and jawline is a mess with tiny pusfilled red and bumpy acne spots...its depressing as the toilets at my work really show them up and they look horrible and it looks like i have a bade case of teenage pimples or look like i dont bother cleaning my skin - when its the opposite i take good care of my skin and avoid all bad foods and drink lots of water.
Its a constant battle and i have struggled with this since the summer last year and its just not clearing and not to mention the greasy feel of my skin after a couple of hours after washing.
seeing my derm in a few weeks time, joping my next step is accuntane!!
As nothing else is doing the |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | tired of spots:( has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 6.75 |
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anna, uk
Jan 23rd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Its very affordable, but there is something wrong with it. My spots after 2 weeks of using it, are much more more evident and red. |
| Cons: | In addition i was using adapaline gel and even that did not help.
Miconicin is an other antibiotic that i took in the past and it worked in two days in a week i had not even one spot.
Tetralysal is propably slower but i cant accept that make |
| Bottom Line: | If i had lets say 5 spots when i went to the doctor for help, now i have 20 very big aggressive spots.
not recommended. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | anna has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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Anonymous
Jan 16th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | i had no side effects fortunatley. used in conunction with BP 5% cleared up face back chest COMPLETELY within couple months. |
| Cons: | for me i had no side effects, i guess only thing is having to take it on empty stomach. bt im sure theres sometime in the day when u dont eat a meal for a period of 2 hours.. |
| Bottom Line: | i stopped using it as I was clear...few months later came back. now starting again with the BP, been a week and already going |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for about a year. |
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