Minocycline and odd effects

I started on Minocycline (100mg 2/day) on November 4th and have been
experiencing some interesting physical phenomenon.

After the third day on the drug, I started to lose my sense of taste
(in terms of food flavor). I can still taste salt and sugar, but other
flavors are hard to perceive.

A few days after that, I started to feel like I was walking around in
some sort of electrical distortion field. My hands, face, feet and
chest tingle or even burn most of the time. The signals I receive from
my skin is that it's raw and dry, but my skin is actually ok. A burst
of cold air or cold water against the skin, or any kind of physical
exertion, gets the tingling really going.

I mentioned this to my doctor today over the phone, but he never heard
of such a reaction to minocycline. He suggested I try a lower dosage
and see what happens.

I experienced similar effects when I last took Minocycline almost 9
years ago. So much was going on back then that I attributed the
effects to stress. Back then, my doctor took me off the Minocycline,
fearing that I was having an allergic reaction. Over the next few
weeks, the symptoms did not subside, and actually got worse, so
eventually I went back on Minocycline. After a few weeks the problems
went away. I stayed on Minocycline for several months after that with
no more problems.

So I am assuming if I stick with it, the odd effects will subside as
it did last time. But it is so damn odd and sometimes quite intense. A
little frightening at times too.

Anyone else experience anything like this on Minocycline?

I experienced dizziness for the first few weeks. Also, I think my short-term
memory became really bad within the time I took Mino.


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<nabbed.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I started on Minocycline (100mg 2/day) on November 4th and have been
> experiencing some interesting physical phenomenon.
>
> After the third day on the drug, I started to lose my sense of taste
> (in terms of food flavor). I can still taste salt and sugar, but other
> flavors are hard to perceive.
>
> A few days after that, I started to feel like I was walking around in
> some sort of electrical distortion field. My hands, face, feet and
> chest tingle or even burn most of the time. The signals I receive from
> my skin is that it's raw and dry, but my skin is actually ok. A burst
> of cold air or cold water against the skin, or any kind of physical
> exertion, gets the tingling really going.
>
> I mentioned this to my doctor today over the phone, but he never heard
> of such a reaction to minocycline. He suggested I try a lower dosage
> and see what happens.
>
> I experienced similar effects when I last took Minocycline almost 9
> years ago. So much was going on back then that I attributed the
> effects to stress. Back then, my doctor took me off the Minocycline,
> fearing that I was having an allergic reaction. Over the next few
> weeks, the symptoms did not subside, and actually got worse, so
> eventually I went back on Minocycline. After a few weeks the problems
> went away. I stayed on Minocycline for several months after that with
> no more problems.
>
> So I am assuming if I stick with it, the odd effects will subside as
> it did last time. But it is so damn odd and sometimes quite intense. A
> little frightening at times too.
>
> Anyone else experience anything like this on Minocycline?