Can everyone who took Propecia at the same time - or not at the same time but within a few months - as taking antibiotics please post to this thread. I am working with my doctor who thinks that taking antibiotics may have triggered my (and possibly others’) reaction. I personally took Propecia for a few months with no side effects. After a few days on minocycline and then taking Propecia again I had almost instant side effects, followed by the improvement, then crash scenario.
From Wikipedia:
Minocycline (INN) is a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic, and has a broader spectrum than the other members of the group. It is a bacteriostatic antibiotic, classified as a long-acting type. …Minocycline is the most lipid-soluble of the tetracycline-class antibiotics, giving it the greatest penetration into the prostate and brain, but also the greatest amount of central nervous system (CNS)-related side effects. These include vertigo and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri), and are significantly more common in female patients.
For those of you who took an antibiotic during/near the time they took Propecia, please post what antibiotic you took, duration, amount, etc.