Reviewer: dirty mike, 19-24 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I pop one of these babies twice a day and my acne has been going down. not sure if that's a result of the other medicine (Epiduo forte) im taking or if its this one. side effects wise, my breathing isn't as smooth as usual and I constantly feel tired and lowkey out of it. overall this experience isn't worth the results and Im gonna ask my doc to try doxycycline, those reviews are much ... Show Full Comment

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I pop one of these babies twice a day and my acne has been going down. not sure if that's a result of the other medicine (Epiduo forte) im taking or if its this one. side effects wise, my breathing isn't as smooth as usual and I constantly feel tired and lowkey out of it. overall this experience isn't worth the results and Im gonna ask my doc to try doxycycline, those reviews are much better. glad my side effects weren't as bad as other peoples tho, everything besides what I mentioned is fine... so far
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Reviewer: Not happy user , 19-24 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I'm 22 and this was prescribed to me by a dermatologist for acne that I have struggled to get rid of for 10 years. Doctor said take once a day (100mg) at dinner. With in the first 2 days of me using it I started to feel dizzy almost as if I was experiencing vertigo. I also have some trouble breathing feeling like I can not get enough air in. I also have headaches and very tired, I could not m ... Show Full Comment

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I'm 22 and this was prescribed to me by a dermatologist for acne that I have struggled to get rid of for 10 years. Doctor said take once a day (100mg) at dinner. With in the first 2 days of me using it I started to feel dizzy almost as if I was experiencing vertigo. I also have some trouble breathing feeling like I can not get enough air in. I also have headaches and very tired, I could not make it though the whole day and went to bed 3 hours early one day. This is not a pleasant experience and I will be discontinuing the use of the drug and trying something else. It is not worth it.
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Reviewer: luna93, 19-24 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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My primary care doctor started me on minocycline 100mg twice a day for painful cystic acne. I had to stop taking this drug after only one week of taking it because it was causing me to get anxiety attacks and depression. I did not see any improvement in my acne in just one week of use, which I honestly didn't expect to but I will not continue to take the medication due to these side effects th ... Show Full Comment

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My primary care doctor started me on minocycline 100mg twice a day for painful cystic acne. I had to stop taking this drug after only one week of taking it because it was causing me to get anxiety attacks and depression. I did not see any improvement in my acne in just one week of use, which I honestly didn't expect to but I will not continue to take the medication due to these side effects that make me feel like I'm going crazy.
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Reviewer: 13-18 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)

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My son became ill after switching to this drug. He became more and more tired, lethargic, gut problems, heightened anxiety, dizzy, suffered vertigo on standing. He finally agreed to get his blood tested which showed he was severely anemic (non iron related) and had extremely high ferritin levels suggesting a reaction to something. His Hemoglobin and RBC were decreased 20% and WBC 50% from the la ... Show Full Comment

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My son became ill after switching to this drug. He became more and more tired, lethargic, gut problems, heightened anxiety, dizzy, suffered vertigo on standing. He finally agreed to get his blood tested which showed he was severely anemic (non iron related) and had extremely high ferritin levels suggesting a reaction to something. His Hemoglobin and RBC were decreased 20% and WBC 50% from the last bloods he had taken when healthy. Checking the leaflet for minocycline sure enough a possible side effect is a drastic loss of all blood cells and patients put on this drug should get regular bloods done to ensure they don't experience this. To make it worse, my son has a genetic blood disorder so this loss of blood cells is extremely serious for him. Now we need to figure out how to get him healthy again without a transfusion. Three months ago he was coming 3rd in state Mountain Bike Events, now he can't even ride for 5 minutes without fatigue and running out of breath.
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Reviewer: sideshowbob, 13-18 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I had moderately to sever acne in high school and during my junior year I was prescribed minocycline when all the topical ointments failed. It took about 3-5 weeks for results to show, but it was worth it. The redness went down and eventually my skin was almost flawless. Occasionally, I break out but never to the extent it was before.

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I had moderately to sever acne in high school and during my junior year I was prescribed minocycline when all the topical ointments failed. It took about 3-5 weeks for results to show, but it was worth it. The redness went down and eventually my skin was almost flawless. Occasionally, I break out but never to the extent it was before.
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