Tired of Fighting

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Hi :

Last year a lady in the rheumatic.org group had reversals like you described.

Upon checking she found out that her pharmacy had changed her brand of

minocycline without telling her. All minocyclines are not created equal.

I personally prefer the Lederle brand of time release capsules of

minocycline. Lederle also has the patent for the original minocin, so I

suspect that their generic is formulated the closest to the original. Most of

the other brands of minocycline are white powder and are not time release

capsules if my memory serves me right. Even if your brand has not been

changed by your pharmacy, you might consider switching to one of the three or

four brands of minocycline that have been mentioned by this group previously

as being more effective. I do not know which ones those are, but if you are

interested I'm sure someone in the group will let you know if you ask. Better

health, Al

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> Hi guys, I'm sick and tired of fighting with all my doctors for this

> Antibiotic therapy. I am having a relapse for no apparent reason (haven't

> changed meds in 5-6 weeks now), and the docs are convinced that the

> antibiotics are done doing their thing and it's time for Plaquenil along

with

> the Prednisone I'm already on. I'm so ready to give in, because I am in a

> bad relapse and can't get answers as to why or what's going on. Any ideas?

> Any comments on Plaquenil? Can I keep taking Minocin and oral Clindy along

> with Plaquenil and just not tell the docs I'm doing so????

> Lost, tired, and spent

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