Minocycline Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Minoclin
What is Minocycline?
Minocycline is an antibiotic of the tetracycline class. It is used in the treatment of susceptible bacterial infections of both gram-negative and gram-positive organisms. It is also used to treat acne.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slow my ALS progress | 53 |
|
1 | ||||
| Other | 16 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Fatigue | 1 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Did not seem to work
|
20 | 43% |
|
|
Doctor's advice
|
15 | 33% |
|
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Side effects too severe
|
10 | 22% |
|
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Other
|
8 | 17% |
|
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Personal research
|
5 | 11% |
|
|
Course of treatment ended
|
4 | 9% |
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Expense
|
1 | 2% |
|
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Not indicated
|
1 | 2% |
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Report created on November 23, 2009.