Minocycline!!!

Are you on 100 mg x2 daily?

Yes the head stuff got better after awhile.
(dizziness , off balance)

As far as doing anything different - it penetrates the blood barrier well - maybe why it gives us head symptoms.

I don’t know about using it as a solo abx with herbs - as it’s recommended by llmd’s to take it with a second one.
Maybe herbals will suffice?
IDK

It got a lot better for me after a few weeks, but that first week I was quite dizzy and disoriented. It has pretty good bbb penetration from what I've heard.

Carlnpa- I had to look up NAC, as I was not familiar. I see that nausea and dizziness are side effects of it. Yeah that would be a horrible mix with mino. What a trip.

I had to go grocery shopping today and I felt like I was doing it drunk. I was walking like a newborn calf.

Girlie- yeah I'm on 100mg twice a day. I read that doxy crosses the BBB as well but I just found an article that states that mino has better ability to cross it than doxy. I guess this makes me feel better knowing that this nasty drug can help in a new way for me at least.

🤞🏼Here's to the dizziness wearing off soon.

Sometimes I wonder what's wrong with me because I can down antibiotics like no one's business...even accidentally double dosed myself a couple times. I react to Buhner herbs though

Wisco
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25339490
N-acetylcysteine as powerful molecule to destroy bacterial biofilms. A systematic review.

NAC has a number of health benefits, helps replenish glutathione and is a good liver detox, seems to have many positive effects. These are claims are actually backed by medical literature.

When used with antibiotics, particularly doxycycline it really amps up the effects.

anyone tried OTC Meclizine Tablets to deal with the vertigo dizziness side effects of Mino?

or used anything else for that matter that helps with the vertigo?

Somebody said...


Br J Pharmacol. 2013 May; 169(2): 337–352.
Published online 2013 Apr 25. doi: 10.1111/bph.12139


Minocycline: far beyond an antibiotic

Abstract

Minocycline is a second-generation, semi-synthetic tetracycline that has been in therapeutic use for over 30 years because of its antibiotic properties against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It is mainly used in the treatment of acne vulgaris and some sexually transmitted diseases. Recently, it has been reported that tetracyclines can exert a variety of biological actions that are independent of their anti-microbial activity, including anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities, and inhibition of proteolysis, angiogenesis and tumour metastasis. These findings specifically concern to minocycline as it has recently been found to have multiple non-antibiotic biological effects that are beneficial in experimental models of various diseases with an inflammatory basis, including dermatitis, periodontitis, atherosclerosis and autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Of note, minocycline has also emerged as the most effective tetracycline derivative at providing neuroprotection. This effect has been confirmed in experimental models of ischaemia, traumatic brain injury and neuropathic pain, and of several neurodegenerative conditions including Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.

Moreover, other pre-clinical studies have shown its ability to inhibit malignant cell growth and activation and replication of human immunodeficiency virus, and to prevent bone resorption. Considering the above-mentioned findings, this review will cover the most important topics in the pharmacology of minocycline to date, supporting its evaluation as a new therapeutic approach for many of the diseases described herein.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651660/

Callnpa - are you saying the allergy pills help with the dizziness and head issues from mino? If that's true that's awesome and I may just survive this pill.

I finished a 2 week course for tick bite 1.5 weeks or so ago. I think I had a bit of dizziness but nothing major, I have vertigo on and off anyway so it is hard to tell. It was a lot easier on my digestive tract than doxy but it still aggravated my reflux. Mino Is more powerful in treating neuro lyme and is used in much lower doses iv so maybe try 50 mg instead. I think it cleared up a few other infections I had which is great, a sinus throat and possible uti.

Thanks for all your help everyone...I usually try to just push through symptoms from antibiotics (whether side effects or herx idk) but I may have to try pouring some of the pill out and making it a 50mg pill cuz thia is really hurting me. I think I'll ask my bf if he can get me some dramamine too. I tried a benadryl for the dizziness but then stayed in bed all day so I dont know if it worked. I'm suppose to do somthing important on Saturday so I'm also dealing with the conflicted feelings of if I should go or not/if I should quite or slow down the pill. If I wasnt off from work right now I would never be able to function. I am very thankful for that at least.

No I haven't tried just one -100mg pill a day yet. I need to do this cuz I'm officially tapping out on this drug. It's too much.

Yeah, just assume you took it cuz you dont want to accidentally take too much. I guess if ur cat starts walking funny and tipping over then you know they ate it. Omg I can't even imagine what mino could do to a little body of that size.