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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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March 24, 2008

Pros:

1. Acne has minimized and I never wake up with a sudden break out (as with other medications) 2. Face is never too dry, only when I use other ace medications with this one
3. Never makes me feel sick

Cons:

1. Price
2. I still have acne after 3 months

So far it helps more than it hurts, but I want to continue to use it and see what happens.
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March 23, 2008

Pros:

Simple: it got rid of the better part of my acne. I coupled it with Benzaclin.

Cons:

Iv'e never gotten sick from it except for mild nausea when I didn't take it with food

I always hate pilling on the base in the morning hoping my face willl look decent that day and now that Ive been on this pill, my skin's cleared up. Ive even been to Wal-mart witout base and face powder (Im not gonna try that at school of course) but the bottom line is that I really like it and it's never caused me any health problems or made my acne worse.
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March 22, 2008

Pros:

it definitely cleared up my face

Cons:

I developed pseudotumor cerebri

I totally loved taking this at first, because it did clear up my skin, but within a few weeks of taking it I developed strong headaches. I didn't think it had anything to do with the medicine, so I shrugged it off. The headaches became so strong that I was admitted to the emergency room, and my nuerologist came to the conclusion that I had pseudotumor cerebri or idiopathic intracranial hypertension, which is too much fluid surrounding your brain and spinal courd, which in the long run, could cause me permanent eye damage. But, as an acne medication, it worked really well!
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March 21, 2008

Pros:

skin cleared up

Cons:

YEAST INFECTION

skin cleared up, but i got a yeast infection. it's hard to decide which is worse - embarrassing acne or weird itchy vaginal discharge.
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March 20, 2008

Pros:

it really works at first, cheap, easy to get and to use, not a pain in but like accutane.

Cons:

time passes your acne comes back wrose then ever, you will want more but your docter will get you off it if you been on it too long then thats where the real troubles in acne begins right after!

its really good at first but as time passes like it did for me it will just be a waste of money!
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March 19, 2008

Pros:

MY acne was cleared up completely within a week an a half. The anti inflammatory effect was helpful as well.

Cons:

For the first three days I suffered from ligh headedness, loss of concentration and headache. Nothing too serious, and it all stopped after about 3 days.

Worked like a charm.
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March 18, 2008

Pros:

nothing

Cons:

everything

this sh*t, is sh*t! ive been taking it for 3 weeks today and its made me get cystic ACNE!!!! bullsh*t. its done nothing.
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March 17, 2008

Pros:

This is for Minocin capsules: works well.

Cons:

Extreme headache and nausea. I never had this side effect with MinoTabs, which I had from a different country.

Why can't I get the MinoTabs in Italy? Compositionally-wise, I don't know why they suit me better than the capsules...
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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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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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