Minocycline: WARNING

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Watch out if you are taking the anti-biotic MINOCYCLINE. It is the strongest of the three tetracycline family.

Minocycline has caused 2 deaths already. But, these deaths were due to one patient mixing this drug with another - while another patient overdosed. 5 people have commited suicide after being depressed. All five were on Minocyline. But Minocycline is not know to cause depression.

I forgot the web page I got this info from, but you can find it in no time if you go to Google and type MINOCYCLINE DEATHS or FACTS or anything in the likes.

My dermatologist told me that MINOCYCLINE sometimes makes a patients gums and nails BLUE. Yes, BLUE. Blue like that Blueberry girl in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Just some facts I wanted to mention on this drug.

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Nevertheless, I am taking it. It has been 2 months I am on it - and my dermatologist said to continue for another 2 months of 2 per day. [morning and night - 100mg].

After the 4 month period, you should reduce to 2 months of just 1 per day.

After that 2 month period, you should reduce to 1 pill every other day.

The key is stopping in a decending manner. If you stop a drug completely the next day - your skin may get worse.
 
I have been on mino forever (well not really, but seems that way) and have been lucky enough to experience no side effects. I've had a complete blood test and am in good health. I have not experienced any yeast infections (I am female).

I agree that drugs like mino should be taken with caution. But most if not all drugs have associated risks. This drug does good things for some people and IMO should not be dismissed out of hand.

Good luck to all.
 
I know this thread is old, but... last night my son who's been on mino for at least 2 years at twice a day 100mg, showed me his gums. the upper part of his gums are blue! thankfully the portion around his teeth are red. Called the derm this morning and gave them hell. Question they dared to ask me, 'he was in here in February - did he mention it then?" I said, 'he, nor I, knew that this is a side effect of mino. he didn't put 2 and 2 together (not sure if he even noticed it then anyway) and YOU should be looking for this stuff!' Well, they said, it doesn't happen very often. Anyway he was on a three month withdrawal period and it's been a month and they want him to stop - no really?! They also said, as I've read, that the blue should go away once he stops mino. I just hope we caught it in enough time so his teeth don't turn gray because that doesn't go away. I paid $4,000 to straighten his teeth! If they turn gray...

So, please be careful and keep a watch on your teeth, gums, and fingernails (his nails are fine, but it is another area that could turn blue). Here we are trading one problem for a worse one!

They put him on a topical antibacterial foam - I'll update with name as soon as I get it - they told me but I don't know how to spell it. He'll use that in the morning and taxorac at night. Hope he doesn't have a breakout.

Just wanted to add that mino did clear up his acne but gave him an overall redness that I spent $$ on laser treatments to get rid of! He always looked like he had just done a major workout. Not a sunburn look just very flushed. The laser treatments helped but he needed 5 at $125 a pop. Didn't do it at derm, they acutally did two with their laser treatment at $250 a pop, but I couldn't afford to keep going. They gave him a third treatment at half price because of my bitching. ugh.
 
the side effects here
seem worse to me then accutane

at least after accutane you might get the possibility of clear skin forever

with antibiotics it looks like everybody gets a mutated form of acne
 
I was minocyclin the first time for three month- total clear and no side affects. My skin stayed clear for about three weeks after the first course before i started to break out again. The second time I had another three months supply but started getting a side affect simialiar to virtigo ( dizzy, off balance- couldnt waklk in a straight line ) ect. Became so bad that I actually fell down twice- then thats when I said thats enough- its not worht the clear skin- Ive been off of it for almost 8 month and still have the same effects but not as bad- Hopefully it will go away- Dr. said I could be expeirincing these for up to a year or more before it where off. he says the medication can stay in the blood stream for up to 4 yrs after u stop taking it. If I would have knowen about some of the side effects I dont think I would have taken it in the first place.

I hear if u take vitimine c with it it will lesson the chance of u gettin the bruise spots on your skin- this is caused by the medication because it turnes your blood a bright purple color if takin over a long period of time???
 
I was a long time minocycline user. I went to the derm BECAUSE of the brusing all over my legs that would not go away. She examined me and took notes. When she found out I was on mino for acne, she exclaimed, oh my!! how long? thats what the discoloration all over your legs is from. She said NO ONE should be on mino for a long period of time, and switched me to Doxycyline (which I am not taking) I also had very dark cirlces under eyes, like bruises, and other face patchiness. I have been off for 5 months and the discoloration is a lot better. Maybe this summer I won't have to hear OMG what happened to your legs? were you in a car accident? When I went back a few weeks later, she had studied up more on the mino issue and said there was just a medical journal story circulated about the dangers of mino and the bad side effects of long term use. Don't use this drug for a long time. I started on Spiro a month ago and am doing much better w/acne since mine is from androgen sensitivity. Good luck all.
 
Wow, this is sooo weird to hear. I have been on quite a few different antibiotics for acne...this was a few years ago, as I refuse to be on antibiotics now, since I understand that it is not good for your body and am very health conscious. anyway, i've been on Minocycline....I don't think I was ever on any antibiotics for more than a few months at a time, I always stopped due to side effects. But for a couple years I had bluish bruising all up and down my shins. It wasn't hugely noticeable, but if you looked you could definitely see I had bruising all up and down them. I just shrugged it off, since it wasn't something that physically hurt, and after a long time it went away. I don't have it now. But, I now suspect this is why. I never had any idea it was a side effect until reading this thread.

DON'T TAKE ANTIBIOTICS, THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR LONG TERM USE. Certainly no good for acne, unless all you're looking for is a shirt term fix and you don't mind having worse acne after you are done.
 
Well, it happened to me. I have these blue/greenish patches all over my legs. Thankfully, only my legs. At first, I thought they were real bad bruises, but I've had them for a year now. Oh, and that was at 2x 100mg for 6 months or so. Then, I went off of it and the bruises have remained for years. And, my acne came back soooooooooo bad all over my back and forehead even (I never even had it there).

On the plus side, I was kind of clear for a few months. But, still oily. Accutane actually gets rid of the oil, waaaaay more effective. Just get off of Mino NOW, it never works.
 
Hey there. I never got any warning about Mino when I went on it. I was on it for about 6 months and it worked great. Then, stupid me, I went off it, and when I tried it again, it had ceased to work, and my skin stayed nasty! But you are right, hopefully if you get off it in a descending way, it'll work, I hope it works for you!
I never had any side effects what so ever, except for a hugh BOOST it self esteem when it did work. Hope you get that too!

Good luck!
 
Minocin hasn't done anything for me, negative or positive. Dunno how I should feel about that, though....guess I should be glad it didn't screw me up but then again I never got a chance for clear skin...
 
Aaron43, I was just wondering, how much did you pay (US or CAN) for your minocycline? I just got a prescription for 50mg and I'm hoping it's not too costly.
 
that is so strange.. I was on it for YEARS straight and never had any issues. For the most part i was on 100mg twice a day.

I did have periodic bloodwork and it was always fine
 
Mino did nothing for me either. I wasn't getting the massive cysts like I did before I took it but once I went off, it's like it got worse. So now I'm on accutane and even though there are also numerous side effects, the hope that I may never have to deal with cysts again outweigh pretty much everything else for me right now.
 
I was on Minocycline for two years. I just quit taking it three and a half months ago! O.k. I have bruising on my legs as well. My mom who is taking a nutrition class said that when you are antibiotics for a long time that your body becomes defficient of vitamin K and therefore bruising occurs. I have been taking a daily vitamin and am hoping my bruises go away. I have about four of them. They did result from being hit or bumping myself, but then just never went away. Other than that the Minocycline worked for me........until it stopped working for me! Antibiotics won't work for forever. I have posted several other places but I will post here as well. I am fighting my acne with Evening Primrose oil (helps balance out hormones, which is the true cause of acne....androgens, testosterone, etc.) and then the kicker of it all.....using Hydrogen Peroxide as my toner! I swear to you that this has been my cure. I wash my face morning and night, apply hydrogen peroxide with a cottonball, wait for it to dry (you may feel some stinging/itching as it dries, only a minute or two and for me that has totally subsided) and then moisturize. In the morning I always apply makeup after moisturizer as well. I am totally acne free! Now I'm approaching my monthly visitor and so I have noticed a few pimples......like three! Nothing compared to before, popping up. With the peroxide and leaving them alone they are gone in two days! I'm not joking! No dermatologist would want you to know this as they wouldn't have a job anymore. Now I am hoping this can work for so many other people. It's just too good to believe and so cheap and simple! It has worked for me. All I say is try it! You might find it is your cure as well! OH, I'm a 27 year old female.......not supposed to be breaking out at 27!!! Good luck!
 
I have been taking minocylcline for about.. maybe 4-5 months. I'm alarmed about this new information about bruising and other serious side effects. Minocycline has been effective for me, as it has dramatically decreased the amount of pimples I get on my face, but it hasn't totally cleared it up.

My dermotologist seems satisfied with this antibotic (he has always had me on one thing or another), and he hasn't taken me off of it and has instead changed topical treatments.

My question is.. since I have been on this for a few months, should I expect to see bruising if I get taken off it sometime soon or later in the future? And should I expect to see a breakout shortly after?

Thanks.
 
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