Oral Antibiotic
Efficacy
54%
Based on All Available Studies
Strength of Evidence
Note: Should never be used on its own and for a maximum of 3 months.
Oral Antibiotic
Acne.org’s Real World Take
Antibiotics should be used for a maximum of 3 months, provide only moderate benefit and only to some people, and may lead to side effects and strains of resistant bacteria. Studies do show they can reduce severe acne in the short term, but approach with caution and stay your own advocate.
Oral Antibiotic
How to Get It
Have a dermatologist? Make an appointment to get this medication. Don't have a dermatologist? See The American Academy of Dermatology Physician Database to find one.
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August 2, 2011
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Cons:
Horrible reactions to medication. After I got off of it my acne got ten times worse.
This medication sounded too good to be true and for me it was. Apparently I'm one of the rare few that reacts very badly to this medication. I was tired all the time, it screwed up my liver temporarily, I got vertigo, it made me have asthma attacks, and it gave me pneumonia. These sound like crazy side effects but apparently they all fit the medication. Just be careful if you decide to take it. Get your liver checked and if you're tired and super, falling over in your chair, dizzy go to the doctor. This doesn't happen to most people I was just unlucky. If it works for you and you have no side effects great, just be careful because it screwed up my life for a while.
August 1, 2011
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Pros:
-1 Time a day
-No side effects
Cons:
-Price
-Clearing Up Time
Bottome Line: This is a very good acne medication, with very minimal to do on our end. Simply take it once a day, now the only catch is being patient. It was extremely hard for me to not see any improvements on my overall acne for the first month! It was exactly the 30th day of taking it when I woke up and saw an improvement. I have been on it now on a little under 2 months and can say my acne is pretty much all gone! I have tried other medications and to me, this is one of the best, with very minimal to no side effects. To me, the price is worth very little maintenance, no side effects and good results! Just hang in there and don't knock it until you have tried it for at least a good month!
August 1, 2011
Pros:
Helps get rid of acne on back
Cons:
Made my teeth yellow !
Stained teeth.works great though
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...
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).
July 21, 2011
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Pros:
Tightens pores, especially around and on nose.
Smaller acne blemished are reduced.
Skins overall tone is returning.
Oilyness is reduced.
Skin looks healthier.
Cons:
It does have a minor initial breakout where the smaller blemishes surface but they went away.
But now rather big non-discolored bump/cysts are starting to occur, they sort of just seem like swollen bumps.
Lightheaded/dizzy/tired at times
--From an early user's point of view.--
I was prescribed 2 months of solodyn, as well as using the topical creams epiduo and noritate. I've been using it one week exactly now. It's hard to tell if the good is out-weighing the bad yet, or even if the bad is caused by the solodyn and not one of the creams. I'm confused about it myself. My skin, as far as coloring and pore tightness goes, looks much better. Perfect in some places. But, I've gotten 3 big bumps, that almost seem as if they are bug bites rather than pimples, but they are not. Its hard to say, but they are large, about the size of a dime and swollen. They showed up after using solodyn, but they are the same color as my skin. My dermatologist says to just give it a little time and to see if it goes away. My skin everywhere else looks great, my cheeks look much nicer, as well as my nose. But those were my problem area before, and now it seems as if the solodyn reversed the issue, now my chin and forehead are breaking out, which is the exact opposite problem since they were blemish free. I'm hoping that it is temporary, and that onces these swollen bumps go away, that the solodyn will improve those areas as well. I'm about 50/50 right now. It made some areas look much better, but like I said, gave me 3 cyst/non-discolored bump type things. One tip I have is to avoid dairy when using this, it seemed to me that as soon as I had a glass of milk it, for some reason, did not keen to well with the solodyn, and that is when the bumps formed. You also have to stay out of the sun when using it as much as possible. Overall, I am happy with the way the majority of my skin is reacting to it, and hopefully the derm is right and the bumps are temporary, but we'll see. Perhaps I will make a second review after I have been on it longer. That's about all I can say thus far. I can't really say if I recommend it yet, like I said, I cannot tell if it is helping or not at this point.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros:
Cleared up acne for a while