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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.
Used Minocycline? Rate It:
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February 17, 2010
Cons:
HOWEVER!!!! 3 months after stopping this medication; my face was worse than ever. Even worse than I started! I also experienced severe dryness of the lips and my face was all scaly during the course of the 9 months of taking this medicine.
You will experience great results; but if you stop taking it, your acne will return! It took me 1 month to prepare myself to stop taking it. I would eat 1 cup of yogurt, take selenium, would take my pill every other day for the last 2 weeks. I would not recommend this medication at all. It may heal symptoms of acne, BUT IT WILL NOT CURE ACNE!
December 3, 2009
Pros:
Started clearing up spots
Cons:
Broke out in itchy hives everywhere, Felt dizzy a lot
My doctor prescribed 100mg of Minocycline to me and I took them along with doing Dan's regimen. I started seeing results within the first two weeks. My skin was getting less redder and scars were starting to look less horrible. However, by the fourth week I noticed I started getting itchy hives/spots all over my body. It turned out I was allergic to the medicine so I have seen my doctor and stopped taking it since then. Although I will say, that you should give it a shot if you're not allergic since it seemed to be working pretty well. Too bad I am allergic to it though. Oh, and also, you do feel pretty dizzy every now and then will taking Minocycline.
November 21, 2009
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Pros:
Cleared up my skin perfectly. I havent had a breakout in about 5 months since I started taking this medication.
Cons:
It took almost 3 months to actually work for me. At first my skin was so dry with a rash around my nose and under my eyes from the dryness.
This medicine works really well at clearing up your skin, but it may take a while to work.
November 17, 2009
Pros:
Clears acne FAST and stays clear temporarily. No side effects
Cons:
Can't take medication 1 hour before or after eating.
Here were my results: 2 Days: All inflamed pimples went down.
1 week: Significant decrease in redness of pimples
1 month: Clear skin, fading red marks
3 months - 7 months: Clear skin
7 months - 9 months: occasional minor break outs
9 months - 12 months: acne is back same as before medication was taken. This is an effective temporary medication for acne. It clears you up very well, but your body becomes immune to the drug and your skin will relapse and break out. I would suggest using minocycline for a month, then start Tazorac while continuing with the minocycline. Tazorac is a much more permanent medication for the treatment of acne. Good luck
October 21, 2009
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Pros:
Slightly cleared up acne
Cons:
Gave me HORRIBLE yeast infections!!!!
I will never take this medicine or any of the "cyclines" again. Vaginal itching, discharge, and swelling is not worth slightly clearing up my acne!!!
October 13, 2009
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Pros:
Clears up face effectively! (Remember, acne can have many different factors, so it is not guaranteed that it will work for everyone I had been on many different medications before this that didn't work or worked and then stopped)
Cons:
If I go off of it, I break out within a week, and I have very severe acne so without this medication, my face is in pain and I look horrendous! I don't like being on medication especially for long periods.
When I do go off of it, I must maintain a healthy diet, exercise regularly, drink a lot of water and make sure my sheets and pillows are fresh almost everyday (very important). This however, is very difficult for me since I am a full time student and I work full time so getting the time for exercise is hard and sometimes I don't have to time to eat at home and I'm at school till the night time and the only thing open are fast food restaurants which screw everything up.
October 2, 2009
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Pros:
none
Cons:
itchy
OMG! I used Solodyn for two weeks and no improvements at all. It made me so itchy I had to wake up in the middle of the night just to scratch my back. When my brother saw me he was like "dude, you should go to the hospital, what the hell is wrong with your skin" I had a horrible rash all over. Even after I stopped it I still had the itchiness for two more days. It was horrible!
September 26, 2009
Product used: Solodyn (Oral Antibiotic)
Pros:
No side effects.
Cons:
Takes forever! And it's extremely expensive w/o insurance. Still breakout and when i don't take it my skin goes ballistic!
It's to expensive and personally i think it takes to long to work, and when you don't take it your face looks terrible! Not worth the price or your time.
August 23, 2009
Pros:
I used this in college for two months and it cleared up my mild acne beautifully.
Cons:
I've gone back to minocycline after getting moderate to severe breakouts after pregnancy. This is month two and I'm not seeing the same results as I did a few years ago. Side effects include headaches and yeast infection
I tried doxycycline without any positive results so I'm back on the minocycline. I'm eager for it to work so I have been consistent but the side effects are a real deterent. I'm also using this product along with BP gel and it has been really helpful.
August 3, 2009
Pros:
Cleared up acne great on face and body, reduced redness of acne,
Cons:
Was clear for about 3 months but then acne came back 100x worse than i've ever had before.
I took 50 mg twice a day and after about 6 weeks i started seeing results. After 3 months my face was really clear but then it stopped working and now i have SEVERE acne when i only started out with mild acne.
I recently stopped minocycline completely and am going on accutane.
Be careful with taking this antibiotic. There are some food restrictions and your acne might come back much worse than before!
Pros:
I used this product for 9 months. During these 9 months, I had great results. It stopped the formation of new whiteheads, and it reduced the size of cysts and blackheads by 70%.