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Somewhat slanting the topic here, but what happened to Tetracycline (non-synthetic)? One of the oldest, inexpensive treatments available – discontinued for, wha
by tomkin 14y ago
Somewhat slanting the topic here, but what happened to Tetracycline (non-synthetic)? One of the oldest, inexpensive treatments available – discontinued for, what appears to be, no tangible reason. It was highly effective for all sorts of infections and was involved in some groundbreaking studies that tested its use as a cancer treatment, as well, was found to slow angiogenesis, treat rheumatoid arthritis, aging, depletion of collegen, acne, prostate cancer and treatment of fibromyalgia just to name a few. It's also a pretty reliable anti-inflammatory.
For whatever reason, it is now hard to get or not available at all. Any insight into this?
- phormula 14y agoI think it has lost favor versus other drugs in the same family such as doxycycline and minocycline are still available, but have less adverse effects
- tomkin 14y agoThanks :) I personally found that mino/doxycycline were not as good as tetracycline for treatment of acne and I don't know why. I'm concerned that the same is true of the other potential applications.