Does Doxycycline Work For Acne?

Doxycycline is a synthetic derivative of the antibiotic tetracycline. It is marketed in generic preparations as well as branded generics with different commercial names such as Periostat and Adoxa. It is more affordable and, regrettably, less effective than its more popular cousin, minocycline. Doxycycline is effective in checking the development and spread of bacteria that promotes acne.

Doxycycline is an oral medication marketed in the form of tablets, capsules, syrups and suspensions. Each dose of doxycycline should be taken with a full glass of water. If you experience stomach discomfort after taking the medication, then take it with a full meal.

Besides being cheaper than minocycline, doxycycline does not bring about the harmful side effects associated with the more expensive minocycline such as vertigo, dizziness, and skin pigmentation.

Doxycycline Dosage

The amount of doxycycline absorbed in your system is barely affected by your food intake, so you can take it with your meals. For mild acne, the medication is taken once or twice a day for one to two weeks. For medium to severe acne infections, the oral dosage of doxycycline is 200 mg at the start of treatment - or 100 mg every 12 hours. In the following days, dosage will be lowered to 100 mg single daily dose or 50 mg twice daily.


Tetracycline for Acne: Perhaps the Scariest Acne Medicine Out There

Prescribing tetracycline for acne is one of the first things dermatologists do when a teenage individual comes to them for help with acne. If they don't put them on birth control pills, or if the patient is a male, tetracycline is generally the first choice.

But what many dermatologists neglect to remember is that tetracycline can cause damage to internal organs, especially the esophagus and stomach. Tetracycline is rather strong, especially when taken internally and at night.

Let me give you a picture of what tetracycline did to me when I took it. At first, things were going great. My acne was clearing up as it should and my skin was getting back to normal. It was a little dry here and there, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with a little moisturizer.

Then (not to gross you out, but) one day I started getting enormous burps. And I hadn't changed my eating habits, so there was no need for that.

Then one day, I woke up and tried to eat breakfast. I couldn't swallow my food. My esophagus just wouldn't open up wide enough. I could barely even get water down the hatch. It was a scary feeling. But I hadn't thought of connecting it to the fact that I was taking tetracycline for acne.

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