Re: Blue-Grey Eye Discoloration

[Guest guest]

Hi ???

I do not know what disease you have but I have SD.I was on 200mg a

day for 4 years and did have terrible blue marks on my legs.Since I am

doing so well I dropped it to 100mg every other day,it took 3 years to

pretty well fade away.No eye problems though. Lynne G.

timtsa@... wrote:

> Hi:

>

> I rarely post, but have been a group member for several years, and I

> have a

> question.

>

> I have taken Minocycline for the past 8 years, 200mg per day, and

> noticed an

> odd discoloration in my eyes about a week ago. I've done a little looking

> online and it appears it could be " Minocycline-induced scleral

> pigmentation. " I

> have a circular blue-grey band of discoloration surrounding, but not

> touching,

> my iris - there is a band of white in between my iris and the

> blue-grey band,

> and it involves both eyes. It kind of freaked me out when I first

> noticed it

> - now, since I haven't gone blind in the last few days, I figure I'll

> survive.

>

> Of course, I could be totally wrong about what this is -

>

> Has anyone else had this, or heard of others who have?

>

> Any information will be greatly appreciated,

>

> tim

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/13/2006 4:10:47 PM Central Standard Time,

joifaithhope@... writes:

Hi,

I have been on minocin for 9 years and have gum

discoloration. Bruises last a while also, which I

attribute to the minocin. I also have a bit of

virtigo from the minocin. I have these side-effects

from only 100 mg, so I couldn't imagine the

side-effects I would have gotten from 200 mg. You

didn't mention the disease from which you suffer, but

I would ask your doctor about reducing your doseage to

100 mg.

Thanks for the response - I was originally diagnosed with Subcutaneous Lupus,

the skin stuff, and secondary sjogrens but, as I've improved, rheumatologists

have not been quite sure what to make of it. At his point, I have a generic

diagnosis of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease -

I'm seeing an ophthalmologist in a couple days to confirm my guess, or shed

additional light on the matter, and then, yes, I may have to consider reducing

the dosage of Mino. We'll see...

Thanks again for the reply,

tim

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I have been on minocin for 9 years and have gum

discoloration. Bruises last a while also, which I

attribute to the minocin. I also have a bit of

virtigo from the minocin. I have these side-effects

from only 100 mg, so I couldn't imagine the

side-effects I would have gotten from 200 mg. You

didn't mention the disease from which you suffer, but

I would ask your doctor about reducing your doseage to

100 mg.

--- timtsa@... wrote:

> Hi:

>

> I rarely post, but have been a group member for

> several years, and I have a

> question.

>

> I have taken Minocycline for the past 8 years, 200mg

> per day, and noticed an

> odd discoloration in my eyes about a week ago. I've

> done a little looking

> online and it appears it could be

> " Minocycline-induced scleral pigmentation. " I

> have a circular blue-grey band of discoloration

> surrounding, but not touching,

> my iris - there is a band of white in between my

> iris and the blue-grey band,

> and it involves both eyes. It kind of freaked me

> out when I first noticed it

> - now, since I haven't gone blind in the last few

> days, I figure I'll survive.

>

> Of course, I could be totally wrong about what this

> is -

>

> Has anyone else had this, or heard of others who

> have?

>

> Any information will be greatly appreciated,

>

> tim

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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