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How long can Minocycline be effective as an acne treatment?
My friend (also female) has been on minocycline for 2 years to treat her acne and I think this to be a bit excessive. I know that antibiotics become less effective the longer you are on them... so is this drug still helping her acne at all?
If not, when/how should she stop taking it? Weaning off or stopping cold turkey? I should also mention that she still has acne and isn't excited by the idea of it getting worse by stopping the minocycline.
If not, when/how should she stop taking it? Weaning off or stopping cold turkey? I should also mention that she still has acne and isn't excited by the idea of it getting worse by stopping the minocycline.
35 yr old, Female
asked Dec 02, 2009 at 11:28AM in Dermatology
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