The effects of Minocycline in the first two weeks
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:15 am
After giving up on one of the ABCR drugs due to the side effects, I felt the need to at least do something for my newly diagnosed MS. I convinced my GP to give me a prescription for Minocycline.
The first thing I have noticed on being on the antibiotic is that it makes me slightly lightheaded. I haven't experienced any stomach problems yet and I am thinking of adding acidophilus to my diet of daily supplements.
10 days into the medication, I thought I was experiencing flu like symptoms. I was having the chills and felt achy all over for two days. Then, after that stopped, I started to have some respiratory problems. A cough developed like I needed to expel something within my chest. This has been continuing for three and half days. Today, it feels a little better than yesterday.
I do not know if the above issues is due to the fact that the antibiotics are fighting an infection within me or it is just a plain old cold. I wasn't experiencing any other cold symptoms, such as a sore throat or sneezing.
I had another reaction. It would be hard to accredit the antibiotics for it, though. I have had back pain for the last 6 years. I thought it was due to my lifestyle of golf, snowboarding, and plus just getting older. I have a slight bulge disk and I see a chiropractor regularly. One day last week, my back stops hurting... completely!!! It has not done that for six years. The chiropractic visits would make it feel better a little, but the pain and stiffness would never go away completely. Today, it feels really good, even after playing a round of golf. Actually, it was a little stiff after golf, but that went away the next morning.
The chiropractor says no way that the antibiotics could have caused the turnaround. But the coincidence of it getting much better after a week of antibiotics is hard to overlook.
I still have my tingling sensations on the affected right side. This hasn't diminihed... yet.
Has anyone else tried the antibiotic treatment?
The first thing I have noticed on being on the antibiotic is that it makes me slightly lightheaded. I haven't experienced any stomach problems yet and I am thinking of adding acidophilus to my diet of daily supplements.
10 days into the medication, I thought I was experiencing flu like symptoms. I was having the chills and felt achy all over for two days. Then, after that stopped, I started to have some respiratory problems. A cough developed like I needed to expel something within my chest. This has been continuing for three and half days. Today, it feels a little better than yesterday.
I do not know if the above issues is due to the fact that the antibiotics are fighting an infection within me or it is just a plain old cold. I wasn't experiencing any other cold symptoms, such as a sore throat or sneezing.
I had another reaction. It would be hard to accredit the antibiotics for it, though. I have had back pain for the last 6 years. I thought it was due to my lifestyle of golf, snowboarding, and plus just getting older. I have a slight bulge disk and I see a chiropractor regularly. One day last week, my back stops hurting... completely!!! It has not done that for six years. The chiropractic visits would make it feel better a little, but the pain and stiffness would never go away completely. Today, it feels really good, even after playing a round of golf. Actually, it was a little stiff after golf, but that went away the next morning.
The chiropractor says no way that the antibiotics could have caused the turnaround. But the coincidence of it getting much better after a week of antibiotics is hard to overlook.
I still have my tingling sensations on the affected right side. This hasn't diminihed... yet.
Has anyone else tried the antibiotic treatment?
