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Using tetracyclines (lymecycline/doxy)

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(@amethystj)

Posted : 08/14/2017 2:53 am

Hi everyone!

I started taking erythromycin a few months ago to help with my acne (on my face, back and chest). It helped at first, but slowly the acne started to come back so I went back to my GP and got a prescription of lymecycline. This was about 3 weeks ago and right now I have had a really really terrible breakout not only on my face, but it's also on my back and chest. It's the worst it has been in about 4 years. I'm going to go back to my doctor about this, but my questions are:

  1. Do you think the breakout could've been caused by coming off of erythromycin?
  2. Will doxycycline work if lymecycline hasn't?
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(@lifeswaitingtobegin)

Posted : 08/24/2017 9:33 pm

Antibiotics are not the answer I'm afraid...eventually acne will become resistant to them all. I went from tetracycline to lymecycline to erythromycin back to lymecycline then decided enough was enough.

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