Kenne==Saw your comments and I feel I need to respond--I have
recently received emails from patients who have complained of
intractable yeast infections and cardiac dysrhymias from macrolides--
Along with your experience it makes you wonder if the benefits(which
have never been proven)are worth the downside of these drugs--In my
opinion I think not--I do not view this as the use of a powerful
group of drugs rather than an ABUSE of these drugs--There has never
been a study to prove the benefits outweigh the risks--Hope yopu
improve soon -- N Soldo MD










--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, "Kenne Dean"
<kennedean@y...> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> I talked my derm into letting me try Biaxin to help with my
rosacea
> w/ocular symptoms. The macrolide antibiotic is so powerful that
it
> has caused my seb-derm, which had been under control for many
months,
> to go full-blown unchecked.
> So if you have seb-derm along with your rosacea, the macrolide
> antibiotics may not be appropriate. I will return to minocyclin,
> which gave me acceptable results without exacerbating my seb-derm.
> This is a very complicated condition, which is even more complex
> when you have a second skin condition layered on top of it. Has
> anyone else experienced this same thing, or am I alone on this one?
>
> Kenne in Hawaii