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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 10, 2008

Pros:

Clears up acne in 1-3 months.
Cheap with insurance.

Cons:

Body will become resistant to it.
Acne will come back.

I used this product from September 07 to May 08. The drug cleared my acne near the end of october. I still did get a few pimples, but not very many. I would say out of every two weeks, I would get one small whitehead. The bad news is that your body will become accustomed to the medicine, and it will wear off. It wore off for me in May and I noticed 4 red pimples on my forehead. Now I have started to break out with white heads and in between my eyebrows and neck. Now I'm on doxy and if that doesn't work I will ask about accutane.
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July 6, 2008

Pros:

Cleared up acne within one week

Cons:

Major, Major side effects...fever, muscle and joint aches, headaches, neck pain, dizzy, lightheadedness, and a rash. I was homebound for 7 days...on the couch, felt as it I had a horrible flu virus!!!

worked great, but not worth the side effects...stopped taking it after 7 days, it then took 7 days to feel better...started taking it again, took one 100mg dose and began having side effects just as bad as taking it the first time for seven days...didn't know the first reaction was from the minocycline, I thought I had a virus the doc said...doctors say it wasn't the med, but it had to have been...felt fine before taking it.
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June 27, 2008

Pros:

I was very pleased with the results. My face looks great almost all of the time.

Cons:

Back started breaking out and was told to increase to 2 a day. Made me sick. I am going down to one a day.

I have felt bad for sometime now. Never made the connection until I was told to increase to two a day. Not sure I want to continue this treatment, tired of feeling sick. I hate looking like a freak though. Mind you, I am 37 years old and did not have acne as a teen.
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June 17, 2008

Pros:

Works great for body acne. Covered by insurance.

Cons:

Took about 2 months for full clear skin. Caused hyperpigmation, yeast infection, and a little nausea.

I have moderate acne mostly on my chest and back. Minocycline worked better than accutane, however, I have hyperpigmation on my face which I believed was caused solely by minocycline. (This is one of the side effects.) My acne returned within the a week or two of stopping. 100mg daily for 6 months. I currently am using a sea salt solution after my showers and that seems to be working fine.
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April 29, 2008

Pros:

I've been taking it for only a week and have noticed big change in breaking out, it's stopped, except maybe one little pimple I have gotten since I took it.. My face used to be bad,got better, now it freaked out a lil again, so I took this.

Cons:

Side effects suck, So far I have gotten nauesa but that went away, I then got yeast infection. (Since it can cause irritation there) I've only been taking it for a week and this just happened a few days ago. I also think I have a bad kidney as it is.

Bottom line it works, and reduces redness.. but, if you want to suffer the side effects be my guest.. I might see if there's a better option for an antibiotic with not so many risks. Most people can have side affects.. Women who take this, there's high risk of vaginal irritaion because this antibiotic kills bacteria which the bacteria stops yeast infections. Weird I thought I would see someone pointing this out on the first page, maybe didn't want to let it all out.. But hey this is a big risk. I recommend this to people who don't care about side effects.. I might use it till I talk to my doctor about it to see if there is anything else effective that's an antibiotic. Insurence saved me 42.99
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April 21, 2008

Pros:

None

Cons:

#1. Made my fair skin extremely sensitive to sun, heat, excessive emotion.
#2. Although the redness eventually went away, after coming off mino, my acne returned worse than before in places in which I was previously clear.

Wish I had never gone on it.
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March 27, 2008

Pros:

Scarring acne cleared up from my face and back. Only got the occasional spot when having my period. Did not cause any sickness and took about a month to work

Cons:

Doctors wont let you stay on it!!!!

Been on it a year and a half and have now been told i have to stop. It has been 2 weeks and i look like a lumpy tomato and am no longer leaving the house. Am currently trying to get my gp to re prescribe it and also looking in to an acid tca peel for scarring
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March 26, 2008

Pros:

Cheap, not as intense as accutane.

Cons:

Have to take 2 pills at a time. (NOT THAT BAD!!! Come on!)

Doctor gave it to me because he said I'm too old for accutane now (I'm 20). I got a three month bottle through my mail order insurance pharmacy. It's been cutting down on my severe oil (I have to wash my pillowcase about twice a week) but the acne is still there. I'm not getting off of it because it HAS dried me out!
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March 14, 2008

Pros:

Cleared my skin in about two months. I went from having a new breakout everyday to maybe once a month if anything. Although scarred from 10 years of acne, my skin is much healthier and with regular use of retinA and a topical antibiotic.

Cons:

If you don't take this with food, you'll feel nauseous. This stinks if you don't have a set meal schedule but its not the end of the world.

I'm grateful for this. I was impatient at first but after four months of regular use I see that this was the best thing I could have done. It think it just takes time for your body to adjust so I would advise someone considering this to be diligent and patient.
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February 10, 2008

Pros:

I could see some difference in the amount of pimples i had. Used it for over a month so far.

Cons:

Still get breakouts on the sides of my face, and am now trying retin A combined with it.

It DOES work some, just give it time, and let the old acne scars heal.
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