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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I had pretty terrible acne, new pimples forming every few days. Immediately after starting Doryx, I stopped getting new blemishes and within two months, the acne had completely cleared up, with only scars remaining. Now after about 5 months, my skin is totally clear and I don't ever get new pimples with the exception of extremely small ones on occasion that are hardly noticeable. The only nega
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Reviewer: Jenn, 35-44 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I see a lot of reviews on here about people breaking out worse within the first few weeks so they stop taking it. You should continue taking it for a full month, at least. The same thing happened to me, my neck, chest, chin, back - all broke out worse than ever, but I read lots of reviews about this drug and others that said this might happen, so I powered through it. I've wrestled with acne s
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Reviewer: kb05334, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I took this for cystic acne and it cleared up my face pretty well. The side effects I had makes me wish I never even took it. I had headaches every day, my hair started falling out more than normal and I got the super rare side effects. I ended up getting cdiff, stomach uclers, and other GI problems that I'm still dealing with. Not worth it to me.
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Reviewer: ë Â?ì´첼 , 13-18 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I'm just going to put my two cents into this. WHY IS THIS A LEGO? I've at least choked three times now, I just had it travel horizontally down my throat "which of course felt great" but do yourself the favor and don't. Doxy works! But..seriously, what kind of dingus made this?
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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after using tons of over the counter acne medicine without success, a dermatologist prescribed me this and it has completely cleared my face each time I've been prescribed it.
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