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

Minocycline 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 taken once a day with food, at the same time every day.

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November 6, 2008

Pros:

I could not stay on Minocycline long enough to notice any pros.

Cons:

After taking just six 100 mg capsules I felt like I had the flu. Also started getting bruised spots on my arms. When I was prescribed the medication for Rosacea I already had a headache from chronic dry eye. see below:

He warned me of headache and I asked him how I could tell the difference when I already had one. I quit the meds for a week and started again with one 100 mg dose a day instead of two and still feel bad. Not sure what the outcome of this will be, if I still feel bad after the weekend, I imagine I should go to ER. I will not risk my health with any more antibiotics.
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November 2, 2008

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didnt make skin worse

Cons:

didnt make skin better

if other antibiotics dont work for you, chances are neither will this
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October 26, 2008

Pros:

30 days no results

Cons:

had to go to the e.r. caused tongue and throat to swell. On steriods now trying to keep inflamation at bay.

Hasn't worked for me
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October 16, 2008

Pros:

cleared up most spots with the odd breakout here

Cons:

after a couple of weeks of taking them got yeast infection all around mouth and nose, cum up red and flaky, doc kept me on mino, but has given me hydrocortisone steroid cream to calm dermatitis. bin year and half now and still got dermatitis

not sure weather this dermatitis will stop once i stop taking drug or not bit scared of outcome. beware of all side effects as have had brown patches on skin aswell best drug that worked for me was lymecycline though took age s for the best results and neither of them got rid of bacne. anyone else had this prob.?
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September 24, 2008

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no side affects a brak out here and there afetr 3 days of use

it does the job but not one of the best treatments
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September 14, 2008

Pros:

I don't know. My body couldn't tolerate it for more than 2 days of use.

Cons:

EXTREME DIZZINESS, loss of appetite, fever, sweating, disorientation, itchy body, the chills, and oh yeah...my throat closed up and I could barely breathe.

I think the question we all have to ask ourselves, "is clear skin really worth all of this?" I was one step away from telling my fiance to take me to the emergency room...I was literally shaking in his arms on the bathroom floor telling him I didn't want to die. I knew something was wrong the first time I took the pill...I couldn't even stand I was so disoriented. I told myself that I would ride out the side effects, but finally at 2AM last night and three 100mg pills later, my body was definitely telling me that I needed to stop. Please listen to your body...I hate having acne, but I think I'd hate to be dead more.
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September 8, 2008

Pros:

none

Cons:

I saw no change in my skin. Worst of all when I went to get my eyebrows waxed the lady told me since I was using mino my skin was very sensitive and after I got waxed my skin was red and i was bleeding because the skin was pulled off :p

If I would of known all the negative side effects I wouldn't have even started using it. Now i'm using the Mario Badescu products to correct the damage done by the mino.
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September 3, 2008

Pros:

Cleared my face up but not by much

Cons:

Caused me to break out in HIVES for 2 weeks. Worst 2 weeks of my life. Not worth it.

Dont take it
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August 16, 2008

Pros:

It worked well enough, in fact it worked much better than Proactive.

Cons:

The medication was beginning to flatten my retinas, according to my eye doctor. Luckily I didnt suffer any permanent damage as a result of this medication, and I stopped using it immediately.

I encourage everyone to visit their eye doctor to make sure this doesnt happen to them. Your eyes are definitely more important than your skin!
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August 6, 2008

Pros:

It got rid of my acne and made a lot of my redness go away. I had a few problem spots, but it was thousands times better than what I would have without it. However, this was paired with spironolactone, so I'm not sure if that made a difference.

Cons:

It never totally got rid of my acne and I contracted a rare condition as a side effect.

I tell this to everyone I know. Do NOT use minocyline. It is not worth it, at all. Minocyline has a variety of side effects, but none compare to "Idiomatic Intercranial Hypertension" or "Pseudo Tumor Cerebri" (Check these out on google or Wikipedia if you don't know what I'm talking about.) I started getting awful headaches about 2 months ago. Then I started having back pain and ear problems about a month ago. Finally, 2 weeks ago I had severe eye issues. I would stand and my vision would black out. I immediately saw my doctor and an eye doctor and they concluded I had IIH/PTC, as well as "papilledemia." I've had to go through an MRI, lumbar puncture/spinal tap, I'm on new medication to relieve some of my head pressure and I just had a blood patch today to repair a leak the spinal tap had caused, making my headaches last longer than expected. I've been out of it for a month because of this drug. I may not be the norm, but let me tell you - it sucked.
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