Posted by bleauberry on January 10, 2014, at 9:16:19
In reply to Re: minocycline » bleauberry, posted by Emme_V2 on January 10, 2014, at 6:30:39
Emme that's awesome! Glad to hear it. I am obviously not the expert on minocycline in particular but I am happy to hear of the things about it that I did not know. The glutamate angle, I did not know that. Your response to the drug....awesome! Love it.
Thanks for sharing. If I ever go back to revisit the tetracyclines, I might just give that one another try. I was so infected when I first tried Mino, it was like a nuclear bomb to me, massive Herxheimer reactions, terrifying. I believe I could probably handle it now without much problem in the Herx department.> > Just curious. Why are folks singling out minocycline as the antibiotic to take? There are lots of choices. Why that one?
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> The nationally-recognized psychopharmacologist who suggested I try minocycline did so because of its action on the glutamate system - totally unrelated to its antibiotic properties. I am NOT taking minocycline as an antibiotic. I take it as a psychotropic medication, and it is a very effective one for me.
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> A 2004 article by Pae et al. (do a search on Pubmed) describes all the different ways in which minocycline could have antidepressant effect - unrelated to its antibiotic properties. This is an interesting drug.
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