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Re: Ditto
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I recently had a brush with pseudotomor cerebri as a result of taking
minocycline for acne, as well. After increasing my dosage to twice daily,
i
experienced an intense headache and the next morning forgot entirely and
stupidly took it with my other medications. The headache started again
very
quickly and i reported it to my parents and we stopped the minocycline.
That
was a Friday morning. As the day progressed, my vision became splotchy and
slightly blurred. My headache became worse and i asked for some tylenol,
which did not help. I later on became nauseous and when i returned home i
tried to sleep it off. I got up late in the afternoon and tried to have
some
dinner, which made me feel very nauseous. The next morning my headache
continued and i couldn't keep anything down. My mother called our
pediatrician's office. They said that a virus was going around and it'd
pass in
a day or two. Sunday i was still sick, still vomiting. By the afternoon my
stomach had settled but my neck hurt quite a bit. Same went for Monday.
Tuesday my mother finally scheduled an appointment at my pediatrician and
they told me my fundus was blurred and sent me downstairs to get an MRI.
The MRI came back negative, but by the time they got it back it was 5
o'clock
and the opthomolegist was out, so they sent me ot the ER. I spent about
six
hours in the ER, where they figured out it might be that i had too much
spinal
fluid because of the minocycline. So, they gave me a spinal tap which
immediately relieved the pressure and helped my headache and neck pain.
The headache came back very soon, but by then i was home and trying to
fall
asleep. The next morning i told my parents the headache was back and just
as bad, so they took me to the ER at Children's Hospital in Boston where i
was
quickly given a room and they tried to ease the pain. Since i've already
said
quite a bit, i'll sum this one up. I spent about 10 hours in the ER and
got
another spinal tap, which also helped. They told me i'd probably have to
get
another in a week or two. Just wanted to reiterate your pont that
minocycline's extreme side effects are not often mentioned when it is
prescribed, but as rare as they may be, they have to happen to someone.
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