Erythromycin for Acne treatment

09/02/2010 by Einstein719.

September 2009: My acne was beginning to become nodular and it was covering my back and chest. Therefore my mother insisted that we return to see the doctor, although i at the time was adamate that commercial products would eventually work. The doctor kept my on adapalene, which i had continued to use with commercial products. But changed my antibiotic prescription to erythromycin.

I was sceptical at the beginning, thinking that this would do nothing - how wrong I was. Within 2 weeks I was completely, and I mean completely clear. I was ecstatic, unfortunately the results were short lived. The bacteria became resistant very quickly - in about 2 weeks my acne was descending back into its prior severity and the erythromycin was starting to have its common side effect of making my skin ridiculously greasy. Moreover I begun to acquire strange rashes on my arms ( target shaped), which on examination of the leaflet proved to be a known side effect of erythromycin. My doctor removed my prescription immediately and returned me to lymacycline. He then refered me to an NHS dermatoligist for stronger treatments.

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