Minocin discont'd; Global Pharm OK?

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I was taking 50 mg Minocin, pelletized. My mail order pharmacy told me recently

that Wyeth has discontinued making the 50 mg Minocin capsule (apparently they

stopped making this in 2005?) The pharmacy can get Triax brand, but only in 100

mg, not 50 mg (I sometimes have to take only a portion of the 50 mg Minocin

caps, so would hate to go to the 100 mg caps and have to try to portion out even

smaller doses, and with no standardization between doses)

They can get Global Pharm's minocycline, in 50 mg, but these are powdered caps,

not pelletized, and I am afraid that the action would therefore be different

than the pelletized Minocin (aren't the pellets some sort of time release? So a

powder would be immediately released, so the body would get an immediate 'hit'

from a powder cap that would not occur with the pellets?)

Does anyone know if the difference between powder and pelletized affects the

action of the mino in the body?

Is anyone familiar with Global Pharm's mino and how it compares to Minocin

pelletized? Thanks - Les