5 ms·
My dermatologist prescribed handfuls of tetracycline to battle my teenage acne. I took around 8 pills of the stuff daily for years. My GI tracks been messed up
by proee 10y ago
My dermatologist prescribed handfuls of tetracycline to battle my teenage acne. I took around 8 pills of the stuff daily for years. My GI tracks been messed up for years and there was very little improvement in my acne.
- xutopia 10y agoWhy would your doctor do that?
- monkmartinez 10y agoEminence based medicine vs. Evidence based medicine.
- HarryHirsch 10y agoDoxycyclin is a first-line treatment for acne, it's a chronic bacterial infection, after all. But there's simply no good reason to continue first-line treatment that isn't working, hippocratic oafs are everywhere, one would guess.
- monkmartinez 10y agoI feel for you fellow traveler. I have a good friend that had to be on drip IV antibiotics for some time and struggles with GI problems. He says his best results came from kombucha and/or other fermented foods with probiotics and daily metamucil. There is also promising things happening with fecal transplants (FMT) I am told.
- protomyth 10y agoThey generally tried it (80's) before moving on to the other stuff. I tried it, but I got very sunlight sensitive (blisters) and they moved on.
- Aloha 10y agoProbiotics + regular consumption of milk, yogurt.. anything with active cultures will help. Every time I take antibiotics I run 60% chance of a fungal infection somewhere, so I have my own regimen to keep that annoyance away.