Minocin and acne

I was on Minocin for acne for almost 2 years. It worked great. HOWEVER I started getting a stuffy nose that wouldn't go away. I went to ENT clinic for about 5 months trying to figure out what was wrong. Then I started getting so tired I could function or even to go to work. At this point I wasn't even thinking it could be the medicine since I had been on it so long. I started having days when the joints in my fingers would stiffen and my knees, hips would stiffen. There were times I could hardly walk. Then my rosecea would flare up really bad. Each place on my body where I had a scar, there would be a perfect round circle around it that would itch. One point they had dx me with cat scratch fever! Symptoms continued and got worse. I was having tightness in chest, shortness of breath and the joint pain would come and go. I was tested for lupus and received a "false postive" reading. At that point I started doing my own research and found out that some meds will cause a drug induced type of lupus. I stopped the med and symptoms went away. They put me on doxycycline and immediately I started getting a stuffy nose and my joints would ache. I can no longer take any meds that are in the "cycline" family. However, I just thougt it odd that I could be on a medicine for 2 years before I had any type of reaction.

just dont take it, use Clearasil face wash and it did work for my Acne. No joke!!! It is the Latest one, it dries your face, and stops the Acne, i could not believe it. WHEN I WENT TO THE DOC THE MINO 100MG SIDE EFFECTS (WHEN READ) SOUUNDED VERY DANGEROUS SO I WENT FOR CLEARASIL, IT WORKED. try it, it is the new formula clearasil face wash, with out side effects!!!!!

I have now got the incurable illness of SLE after being prescribed minocin for acne.