Reviewer: Catnip, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Minocycline gave me hives, diarrhea, and severe abdominal pain. It did work to clear up my acne but I had to stop taking it because the side effects were intolerable.

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Minocycline gave me hives, diarrhea, and severe abdominal pain. It did work to clear up my acne but I had to stop taking it because the side effects were intolerable.
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Reviewer: User , 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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This medication has improved my acne significantly after about 3 months on it. My skin is not perfectly clear but it has cleared up majority of it. I had no bad side effects

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This medication has improved my acne significantly after about 3 months on it. My skin is not perfectly clear but it has cleared up majority of it. I had no bad side effects
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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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This medication practically killed me. I ended up with practically every side effect which resulted in a pseudo tumor and excess spinal fluid. I am not a typical candidate for these effects, 14 yrs old, under 120lb. This medication did nothing for my acne, I was only able to use it for about 3 week before I started to see the side effects.

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This medication practically killed me. I ended up with practically every side effect which resulted in a pseudo tumor and excess spinal fluid. I am not a typical candidate for these effects, 14 yrs old, under 120lb. This medication did nothing for my acne, I was only able to use it for about 3 week before I started to see the side effects.
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Reviewer: jj, 13-18 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I was 14 when I started taking Minocycline. I had moderate-bad acne on my cheeks and around the mouth. I absolutely LOVED this medication and it was the first and only thing that had worked on my acne. I tried different face washes, masks, creams, everything- I was prescribed to take 2 pills a day and I was on it for about 8 months. My face was totally cleared with the exception of scars (this med ... Show Full Comment

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I was 14 when I started taking Minocycline. I had moderate-bad acne on my cheeks and around the mouth. I absolutely LOVED this medication and it was the first and only thing that had worked on my acne. I tried different face washes, masks, creams, everything- I was prescribed to take 2 pills a day and I was on it for about 8 months. My face was totally cleared with the exception of scars (this medication causes scaring but i didn’t mind it because it was easy to cover with makeup) so i decided to just start taking one and then eventually stopped taking it because i had no clue how long i had to take it for, i was just getting refills after refills (doctors fault?) after a while (maybe 3-4 months) i started breaking out pretty badly again and decided to start taking the medication again. I started with 2 pills and after 2 weeks of being on it again, I had TERRIBLE pain starting with my wrists for the first couple days and then went to my neck, and eventually went to my hands and feet. The weird thing was that the pain only appeared at morning and night. Once I began to get active at school i was fine. This continued for about 2 weeks and i didn’t know it could have possibly been the medication since I took it for a little less then a year before and never showed symptoms. I was blood tested for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Lupus. I got the results and got a drugged- induced Lupus result. Minocycline gave me the drugged-induced Lupus and it was the scariest and most painful experience of my life.Luckly, after about a week, the drug had left my system and I was fine. I do recommend this medication but once you start showing symptoms of anything (joint pain, loss of appetite, etc) please talk to your doctor and stop taking it.
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Reviewer: Shru, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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This medication has caused me to cry uncontrollably and become overly sensitive. All in all i don't feel happy and motivated anymore. On top of that, I got hives and a skin rash. Even though it cleared my acne to a greater extent, the side effects are severe.

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This medication has caused me to cry uncontrollably and become overly sensitive. All in all i don't feel happy and motivated anymore. On top of that, I got hives and a skin rash. Even though it cleared my acne to a greater extent, the side effects are severe.
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