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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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August 9, 2011

Pros:

cleared up acne a bit but no major effect

Cons:

head ache.
terrible anxiety
worst iv felt my whole freakin life!!!!

so im only 15 and have had bad acne for about 4 years iv tried all the creams lotions you name it! so i decided to go to the doctor he put me on Minocycline 75m/g twice a day! and let me tell you it messed me up hardcore! iv never felt worst i have very bad anxiety i get nervous radomly and very deppressed. some nights i couldnt fall asleep because i would cry for litterly NO REASON! feels like i just lost the lust for life.. i hear the side effects are worst on females and i am fairly small so that might be why. but anyway i would NOOOT reccoment this! i have stopped taking it a few days ago (iv taken it for 2-3 weeks already) and im starting to feel a little better but im hoping it complety goes away because idk how i could live any longer like this.. it seriously is terrible! if you wanna take this go over ever little detail with you doctor. and also once u stop taking it. the ance comes back. :( thanks for reading i hope i helped someone that either experience the same or is planning on trying this,
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August 6, 2011

Pros:

clear skin

clears whiteheads

Cons:

light head ache and blurred vision

im using this product with epiduo cream so i dont know which is controlling which but together there working well and has cleared my skin im taking one every morning and night but im going on to my second week and taking it every night and it is giving me good results
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August 5, 2011

Pros:

Cleared most of my acne

Cons:

If you take on an empty stomach it causes headaches and nausea

this medication was prescribed to me in march. It works okay but i wouldn't say its a "cure" for acne. I was told to take it on an empty stomach for best results but i experienced to many side effects doing that so my doctor said to take it after i had eaten something. If you have moderate acne i would recommend this to tone it down a little use with a daily face cleanser and it should work.
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August 4, 2011

Pros:

Haven't experienced any side effects
Doesn't matter how near to food you take it.
Cleared me up.

Cons:

It didn't work on its own - needed Duac alongside it for it to be strong enough.
Its effects have just seemed to wear off, I guess.

I was first prescribed minocyline around 18 months ago. It took a while (couple of months) to get working, but it did clear me up. I stupidly thought it would be OK to come off it, and thus experienced a very nasty breakout. I went back on it and was clear for another 3-4 months. Now, it just doesn't seem to be working. After this round I may give it up. I use it in conjuction with Duac, but I don't know anymore - I'm worried I'm resistant to it. Plus I've been taking it a while, I want to give my body a rest.
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July 30, 2011

Pros:

Mildly cleared up my acne

Cons:

Still have bad breakouts every few weeks

I take 200mg a day and I still break out pretty bad a few times a month. I'm looking to try a new medication. I'm going to try birth control because I think my breakouts might be hormonal...
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July 26, 2011

Pros:

Has cleared up red, angry skin. Can take with food. Blackheads have improved.

Cons:

Had some headaches the first week, but adjusted afterwards.

Definitely recommend. I've noticed some people said they were on 200mg per day and felt ill - always contact your doc - My daughter has been on 2 x 50mg a day and although she had some headaches the first week, she's fine now. The improvement in her acne is amazing - it's been three weeks and it's settled down so well. Previously used Doxycycline for 3 months and did not have as good a result. We are using this in conjunction with Epiduo gel every night (Adapalene/BP combo).
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July 19, 2011

Pros:

Cleared up acne and body acne

Cons:

I started getting too many side effects

I still had some acne after taking this for 1 month so my dermatologist told me to start taking 100mg twice a day instead of once a day. I started getting extremely nauseous after this so I went back down to 100mg, but the nausea didn't go away. When I first started taking it I got extremely dizzy and had horrible headaches for about a week then my body adjusted. I also had indigestion problems for a while. This does do a good job eliminating acne, but for me the side effects just weren't worth it.
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July 13, 2011

Pros:

- small pill easy to swallow
- can be taken with food!

Cons:

-dizziness
-initial breakout

I've heard great things about this product, but unfortunately it didn't work for me. Heres what happened: Even though I'm in the 100lbs range I was prescribed 200mg per day. I've read on a couple of sites that the recommended dosage for my weight range is about 45mg per day. I had just gotten off of doxycycline because it stopped working on me. I developed some kind of yeast infection, so because of my overload on antibiotics ( I was on doxy for a year) minocycline didn't work on me! I got a breakout after starting mino and was dizzy all the time. Unfortunately, I had to stop using it because I had finals coming up and I couldn't handle the side effects. These side effects are more common in women than men. Maybe I'm just one of those women that can't handle the medication, maybe the dosage was too high for my weight. Or maybe since I already had a yeast infection it was a bad idea to continue using antibiotics. There were a few things working against me there. I hope those of you who try it have better luck than me.
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July 12, 2011

Pros:

it cleared my face up slowly but it did its job in about 3 months i had really bad acne

Cons:

Face sensetive to light
have to eat non dairy foods with the pill and wait two hours to eat dairy products.

It worked for me. It all depends on what your dermatologists tells you he put me on it with acuzone its a gel to wash your face and now i just got scarring but im happier now. All the side effects were for me were that i would get dizzy and my face was sensitive to light any type.
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July 3, 2011

Pros:

stopped much of breakouts, pimples which did appear were not as deep or painful

Cons:

did not have significant effect on body acne

i took minocycline for a little less than two months - please do NOT take this medication for longer than a few months, because it can built up resistance and that's not a good thing. this is a very good medication for people who want to clear up their breakouts and give their skin a chance to recover from constant acne. i stopped taking this about two weeks ago, so i'm not sure if my acne will reappear, but so far my skin has been great. it's the best it's ever been in the last year (about a year ago i started getting more severe acne), and so far it's only been getting better... even after i stopped taking the pills. HOWEVER: i think that part of my improvement might be attributed to a no-milk diet i have been trying. i used to drink milk a lot; every morning i would have cereal with milk and then usually i'd have another glass throughout the day. i recently stopped drinking all milk (but i still eat my usual amount of dairy products) and i really feel like my acne has significantly improved. i urge everyone to at least give this a try... it can't hurt.
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