When I went to my doctor to talk about Spiro for my hormonal acne, she said she'd never heard of Spiro being used for that purpose, and prescribed me Minocycline, an antibiotic specific for acne.
Well, my face certainly has cleared up quite a bit, my hormonal acne is a lot less noticeable (but still there), I still have body acne, especially on my chest, though I suspect a lot of my chest acne is sweat-related since I've been working out a lot.
But what's worse is that whenever I take an extended-prescription of antibiotics, I always end up with a terribly itchy yeast infection! I don't have any abnormal discharge (yet...? *knock on wood*) but my poor kitty's red and super itchy.
And this is a 30 day prescription (twice daily) that my doctor advised I extend to 50-60 days by only taking a pill once daily!
I plan on stopping the antibiotic for now, going to the doctor tomorrow (the infection HAD to start on the weekend, ARGH) and bringing with me tons of printed evidence that Spiro is the way to go for hormonal acne. In the meantime my doc also gave me a 5% benzoyl peroxide/1% clindamycin phosphate ointment that I can put on once or twice a day. I just put it on before I go to bed.
Am I unique in that I always get yeast infections when I take antibiotics? Please tell me I'm not![]()
I can't even take Diflucan with antibiotic yeast infections. It just doesn't work.
Pfeh. Please send advice, ladies. I'm gonna go overdose on yogurt.



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(I'm rolling my eyes at your doc, not at you!)

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