Acne-Solodyn

I've been taking solodyn (45mg) for almost six months.  I have been taking once a day.  My doctor is trying to get me off of it, so I'm now taking a pill every other night.  I've heard some people say that when they stopped taking it, their face got awful and broke it.  How likely is it that this will happen to me? Thanks for your help!

[loiloi]

You will probably avoid bad side effects when withdrawing from your medicine because your doctor is rightly tapering you off it gradually.
If acne becomes a problem there are lots of oral and topical medications your doctor can prescribe to manage spots until you are no longer prone to them. Loiloi xx

[ConcernedMom1987]

Please be aware of this.  My 18 year old daughter first took amnesteem for her acne.  It worked, but the acne returned within months.  After trying topicals with no improvement, she was prescribed Solodyn.  After taking Solodyn for 3 months she became very, very sick and was diagnosed with drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis as a result of taking the Solodyn.  This drug, can also induce lupus.

I urge anyone considering taking any type of minocycline for acne to consider the possible side effects.  

[flojo105f]

I was diagnosed with drug induced lupus from solodyn and it caused some other problems as well. I have been off the medicin since July and It was confirmed by august that it was the solodyn. It is a nasty drug and I think your skin becomes dependednt on it. I know you are going to be discouraged but it is true that at first your skin gets very bad but I am learning to do ther things to reduce the cystic acne and with each month that passes it gets better, these pharmasutical companies make it that we depend on them to keep taking it but you will see in time you do not need this drug at all. So please bare with a month or too of your acne being out of wack and I promise it will get better.