Posted by yxibow on September 27, 2009, at 5:11:23
In reply to Antibiotic interaction?, posted by ricker on September 25, 2009, at 19:16:58
> Hi friends, I haven't posted in awhile but I have a question regarding an antibiotic my doc started me on for a skin infection; minocycline 100mg/bid.
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> I started it 2 days ago and I feel like one of my meds has been yanked out from me.... very depressed at the moment. Is it possible that the minocycline could be interfering with my cocktail which consists of; zoloft, zyprexa, lamictal and clonazepam?
I think it is more a matter of correlation does not always imply causation.
Feeling depressed at a particular time does not necessarily mean any complex "reactions" described by an individual whom I've agreed to disagree with and I'd prefer to be civil.
The main major drug interactions with minocycline are with retinoids -- Accutane, vitamin A preparations.
This makes sense with minocycline's own warnings about exposure to sunlight. And side effects of it can make you nauseated and a variety of other things.
So that together with any minor perturbations with your other medications which don't seem to be interfering as far as drug-drug interactions in checkers, might be making you feel a bit worse than you already are.
I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling poorly but I assume this prescription antibiotic is pretty temporary and as an overused phrase, this too shall pass.-- tidings
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