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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 51 2 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 25 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 24 7 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Acne breakout 12 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Acne 10 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
General health 3 1 Efficacy_none

See all 71 patients currently taking Minocycline

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 4
Mild
 10
None
 14

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Minocycline

Nausea 1
Shortness of breath (dyspnea) 1
Dizziness 1
Diarrhea 1
Sensitivity to sun 1
Flu like symptoms 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Minocycline. See all 11 dosages ►

  50mg as needed daily 50 mg weekly 20 mg daily 50 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 26 Number of Patients: 26 30 Number of Patients: 30 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Minocycline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 31   Did not seem to work: 40%
Doctor's advice 26   Doctor's advice: 33%
Side effects too severe 18   Side effects too severe: 23%
Other 9   Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 9   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Personal research 7   Personal research: 9%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 1%

See all 78 patients who’ve stopped taking Minocycline

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Minocycline

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Minocycline

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Minocycline

Always
 21 66%
Usually
 7 22%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 3 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Minocycline

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 6 19%
Not at all
 26 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Minocycline

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 9%
$25-49
 2 9%
< $25
 19 83%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.