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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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July 31, 2009

Pros:

Not really any. clears up for a little while?

Cons:

makes yo very sunsensitive and it just doesnt really work

I have used it for 3 months and i noticed a differnece in about a week but then after a couple of weeks it went back to normal. :(
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July 29, 2009

Pros:

It virtually cleared up the all the persistant modorate acne on my face. Began working quite quickly. No side effects

Cons:

After approx. 6 months acne slowly began to return. Now, after 8 months of taking minocycline, it has stopped working completely and I'm back where I started :(

It worked really well for a while until I built a resistance to it.
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July 29, 2009

Pros:

It works for my rash that I have and clears it up, but you have to take every drop.

Cons:

It makes me extremely sick. It makes my head hurt and my arms numb, it caused me to have a cat scan because i thought it was migranes and come to find out it was this medicine. It really makes me sick and im not taking it no more.

It works but makes you feel crappy.
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July 27, 2009

Pros:

i'v been on this for about six months, and my skin has been flawless! i dont even need spot treatments, and my skin care regimen only consists of a mild cleanser, its all i need.

Cons:

i have a sensitive stomach and lately the side effects have been pretty bad. nausea is the worst, but its worth it because my skin is perfect

good as long as side effects are manageable
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July 23, 2009

Pros:

Reduced acne

Cons:

Doesn't completely clear it up

Acne was mild. There were breakouts every now and then.
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July 20, 2009

Pros:

After taking it, I got less breakouts. It helped my acne.

Cons:

No cons because it works and I got no side effects.

It worked really well since I got less breakouts. I would get breakouts about every few days but now I don't breakout as often. Also, the sizes of my acne have gotten a lot smaller.
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July 14, 2009

Pros:

clearing acne as we speak. absolutley no side effects for a month and a half.

Cons:

mass breakout on start of month 2 on it. red marks are left!

buy it if you havent given it a try before. it may or may not work. but nothing usually works for me, and this is looking very promising. i have moderate/severe breakouts, and sometime i have minor/moderate but this stuff has only just kicked in for me and has stopped the daily breakouts im getting, while my skin in trying to heal the old marks and scabs from the breakout i had one month into the meds. i have been on 50 mg twice a day, but have recently just uppped myself to 100mg twice a day to see if this helps. only problem with that is that ive only got 4 rpts left on my script and hopefully the doctor/derm with give me more scripts.
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July 4, 2009

Pros:

None

Cons:

Well, i dont think there were cons. My skin became much more oily and therefore my acne got much woese in the time I was on it but I dont think this was related to the drug.

Doesnt do much if your skin is just too oily. Maybe it will work better if your acne is more of thr inflamitory type.
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July 3, 2009

Pros:

I had acne for about 10 years but it worked & reacted quickly..
I've tried all kinds of ance product and laser treatments but minocycline works the best.

Cons:

I took it for two weeks and stopped.. then ance came back in a month.. I'm not sure if it was the egg I ate since I'm allergic to eggs.. also I've been having a major depression! but it could be because of a breakup w/ my bf.. who knows what it is..

It doesn't hurt to try... It works pretty good.. However, it seems that ance may come back once stop taking it.. Everything has pros & cons.. You're the decision maker!
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June 30, 2009

Pros:

It started to clear up my acne in just a few days - I used this product with Differn Gel 0.3

Cons:

It made me dizzy and feel slightly nauteous

Works if you can handle the slight side effects
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