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Do Hands,wrist And Feet Are Hurting Due To Medicine Side Effect?

I have been taking the medicine, Minocycline for approximately 4 weeks. I was put on it to treat my acne. A few days ago, I started to experience pain and tingling in my fingers and feet. My wrist has also been bothering me. I feel like a 70 year old woman, and I'm only 20. My hands, feet, and wrist just hurt. Do you think it could be the medicine? I stopped taking the medicine, and have been off of it for 2 days now, but I still have the same symptoms.
Fri, 9 May 2014
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Minocycline may cause upset stomach, diarrhea, dizziness, unsteadiness, drowsiness, mouth sores, headache and vomiting. Minocycline increases sensitivity to sunlight. Minocycline may affect quality of sleep and rarely cause sleep disorders.[23] It has also been linked to cases of lupus. Minocycline can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.[24] Prolonged use of minocycline over an extended period of time can lead to blue-gray skin and blue-gray staining of scar tissue is not permanent but it can take a very long time for the skin colour to return to normal; on the other hand a muddy brown skin colour in sun exposed areas is usually a permanent skin discolouration
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Do Hands,wrist And Feet Are Hurting Due To Medicine Side Effect?

Minocycline may cause upset stomach, diarrhea, dizziness, unsteadiness, drowsiness, mouth sores, headache and vomiting. Minocycline increases sensitivity to sunlight. Minocycline may affect quality of sleep and rarely cause sleep disorders.[23] It has also been linked to cases of lupus. Minocycline can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.[24] Prolonged use of minocycline over an extended period of time can lead to blue-gray skin and blue-gray staining of scar tissue is not permanent but it can take a very long time for the skin colour to return to normal; on the other hand a muddy brown skin colour in sun exposed areas is usually a permanent skin discolouration