Erythromycin : Oral Antibiotic

Badly disagreed with me. Adverse reactions are quite common to erythromycin when taken in pill form. Taking antibotics for a long time in pill for is not good for your body either. However I did see some improvement within just one day, so it might have been great if I hadn't been allergic to it.

This tablet was like taking no tablets had no affect on me what so ever, i took this tablet for 8 months two tablets twice a day. to start with my acne stayed the same(moderate) then after a few months my acne began to flare and it became severe, since then my acne stayed the same, then saw a slight improvement on the eighth month(may just be a washing regime or the fact that it was summer) but really no affect at all.

If it comes back after treatment then whats the point.

I have been taking 500mg twice a day for almost 30 days for acne and perioral dermatis, and there is not been much of a noticeable difference in my skin. I continue to have breakouts and although the cystic acne flare-ups are not as severe I am continuing to have them. I am also using topical clindamycin lotion and trentinoin every other day, which is not improving my skin either. I am allergic to tetracycline and drugs or cleansers containing sulfates, so right now I am at a crossroads on what to do to improve my skin. I have adult onset acne, and have had clear skin all of my 40 years, so this is quite discouraging.

not to much improvement in a month but since its only been a month i cant say if its really good or not. Oh yeah my body acne has gone down by about 25% but I also started a neutragena body scrub the same time i started this. My parents dont have a prescription plan or whatever its called so its pretty expensive if you dont have that

Would not recommend it. Feel like i shouldn't have gone on it (6 months into it) as scared of coming off and flaring up worse than before.

cleared up spots for a month or 2, and then they came back thick n fast. no long term effects! stopped taking erythromycin, now on benzoyl peroxide which seems to be good.

This product is not working for me at all. I used to use Duac but that lost its effectiveness so my doctor put me on 2% Erythromycin topical gel, and I've only been using it for like 5 days, but it's only made my skin worse. Should I give it time? Do any of you guys know if this is the type of medicine that makes skin worse before it gets better? I don't know what to do.

**NOTE** this review is for the GEL, not the oral tablets. Luckily, it didn't dry me out or make my skin flaky like it did to some people. But, after a month I am barely seeing any improvement anymore, I am still breaking out ...although it does help for pimples that are just popped, like a spot treatment. Make them turn to a scab and flake off faster. But i need something to help prevent pimples form forming, which this does nothing for!

As a male, I've had pretty good results with erythromycin (I've also tried Sulfacet but I didn't like the way it makes your skin look more pale, sort of like makeup). Erythromycin does dry your skin if you use too much which can be painful. If you are using this medication and your skin hurts because it's too dry, you may want to consider moving up to something stronger. Ideally, you should be able to apply just enough (very little) of this for twin purposes: 1) to reduce oiliness (part of the cause of acne) 2) to apply the antibiotic to killl the bacteria. Use erythromycin to start off if you've never used another acne medication before.