Guest guest Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 Hi mark , Extremely interesting article . Now speaking about the drug induced minocycline keeping in mind this study was done on 20 patients treated for acne .. May I point out the article is not dated by references 1945 . May I also point out that it was not established if any of these patients had predisposition for lupus AKA SLE prior to acne treatment. It would have been nice to see a follow up on thiese same individuals to see if they ever developed lupus later in life .. All 20 patients after treatment was ceased so did their lupus like symptoms symptoms . None of these patients were diagnosed as having lupus just lupus like symptoms . We( auto immune patients) do not follow an acne protocol . Also I just find it odd that rheumatology put out this report yet it has been unable to reproduce these findings especially in the world of auto immune diseases . Seems to me that with all the patients treated for RA and other various auto immune diseases which is far greater then the 20 patients in number seems to me this would be reported but can not be as it is not seen . Its propaganda in My opinion from a industry ( rheumatology ) that has continued to fail to recognize antibiotic therapy as a viable first line treatment which we all have experinced .. JMO Thanks for sharing this article , regards, socjog This is interesting and should be read if you are taking minocycline. I doubt if any of you are having these symptoms, but one should be aware, anyway (as most of you may well be). Mark http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/447498_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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