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Doxycycline is an oral antibiotic that works by fighting bacteria in the body, including in the skin, and also reduces inflammation. It should...

Doxycycline is an oral antibiotic that works by fighting bacteria in the body, including in the skin, and also reduces inflammation. It should be used only short term (max. 3 months).

It is usually prescribed at a dose of 50 to 100 mg once or twice per day.

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November 12, 2006

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quich and easy

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makes you feel sich eh. and since taking it my skin just seems to be getting worse

don't even bother trying it, it makes your skin worse, bteer of sticking to simple cleansing
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November 9, 2006
Im 24 years old and i had acne problems since i was 15 years old. My brother was in the same boat as i am .Anyways he went to the doctors and he was prescribed doxy and a face cream.however the pills made him sick, so he stopped taking them. So i thoughtmaybe i give them a try and in to weeks of taking them my face waas totaly cleared. But then as soon as i stopped the acne came back but anyways i went ot get them refilled and they work great it just sucks that i have to worry on pills everyday to make my face clear but what else can i do right its worth it. So i think of it this way instead of worrying alllllll day abhout what ima do with my face I worry twice a day that takes seconds of taking theppill.
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November 5, 2006

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free on NHS

Cons:

dries out skin

i've been using this for nearly 3 months now and it doesnt seem to be helping!!
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October 26, 2006

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I've been taking it for two and a half months and I notice that I don't get any deep deep zits anymore.

I'm writing this from a mental point of view. I can't believe I am even bringing my fingers to this keyboard to write something on an ACNE site. I've never had mild acne until this summer when it hit me like a ton of bricks. A ton of big, fat, scabby, zitty, bricks. Its only a zit! But it wasn't A zit...I dont smother my face in the pillow and spend my whole summer alone in a bed because of A zit. Go outside and have fun! But you can't have fun when you can't be in control of how you look. I must admit, I still don't have it as bad as other people... but the breakouts that I use to have once or twice a year come to me every week now. I really want to find hope in this medicine. Not to sound ignorant but if we can do amazing things like brain surgery or gastric bypass (spelling?) we should be able to find one pill that helps us. I'm sick of having false hope's and up's and down's. I just hope I can look back on this and laugh or say "Thank God Its over" ya know?!
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October 26, 2006

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Clears and smooths skin, makes it less sensitive and easier to look after. Overall I look a hell of a lot healthier after using Doxy.

Cons:

I got sick from taking doxy on an empty stomach and with not enough liquids and it was really painful, so make sure you dont lie down for a while after taking it and drink lots of water. it makes you feel a bit sick so take after eating.

If anyone reading this has Rosacea I strongly recommend asking your doctor to put you on Doxy. I've never had particularly bad acne but recently my skin was getting worse (lots of rash like pimples on my cheeks, neck and back, skin felt painful and inflamed that my doc diagnosed as Rosacea). I've been on Doxy for about 5 months and my life is a hell of a lot easier and happier now that I dont have to worry about how awful my skin is going to look when i get out of bed in the morning.
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October 24, 2006

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It works like a charm! really really well! least for me it did!

Cons:

antibiotics are dangerous and if youve ever taken a single dose of them you have a candida yeast over growth in your body which can be harmull in many ways. they also supress your immune system.and it comes back but not as bad.

i took it twice. cleared me up like a charm both times.
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October 22, 2006

Pros:

When my Acne was really really bad, it helped to slow the reappearance of new cysts. I was on it for about 3-4 months.

Cons:

Over a year later, my acne is still coming back - not as bad as it was last year, BUT Doxy doesn't really stop the bumbs completely.

Try it for at least 4 weeks if your acne is really bad - you should see improvement. BUT - Side effects (for girls) - prolonged use of this product gave me a yeast infection. It's an antibiotic so it kills bacteria - good and bad - girls have "good" bacteria down there that helps keep things normal - but Doxy kills that too...
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October 19, 2006

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I have only been taking it for about a month somedays i think it is working and some days i think it is making it worse. i dont know if i should try it a bit longer or what! i am going back to the derm to see what he has to say.

Cons:

my face isnt flakey like other creames i have used that didnt work. i would rather have acne than red flakey acne!

I dont know what to do any more i think i will be stuck with it for the rest of my life
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October 16, 2006

Pros:

Works great for really mild acne. Very powerful at low doses. Paired with benzoyl peroxide topical treatment, it can reduce acne lesions quickly. Also helps prevent new blemishses from forming, and if they do form, they are usually much smaller and

Cons:

You get sunburned really easily while using this. Can make your stomach hurt.

Great acne treatment for people with VERY MILD to MILD acne. Not so effective for moderate acne, and barely effective for cystic/nodular acne. Can have gastrointestinal discomfort (aka stomach ache), but that doesnt last long. Results vary from person to person. Does a good job of preventing new blemishses. Helps reduce redness, and can help other skin infections that you might have picked up from picking at blemishses. Can give you chapped lips. I highly recommend this for someone with very mild to mild acne, who just ones to get rid of acne once and for all.
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October 14, 2006

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its takes time for full results, but definatley works, take it from me, i went too 2 doctors, trying every presciption cream on the market.

Good luck, im so happy i can talk to girls again

Ive been on doxy for 2 months, its the only thing out there that did anything, take it after your biggest meal, i was supposed to continue with like 6 creams, but after years and years of searching, im so sick of creams they havnt been doing anything, so i have been pretty much leaving it up to doxy now that my face isnt so gut wrenching to look at, still wash face everyday, creams might make it work quicker, i cant believe i wasted a year and hundreds of dollars trying to find a cream, i didnt think a pill would work, so if u get anything i recomend this one.!
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