Minocycline is a tetracycline antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections such as some occurring in certain forms of pneumonia.
It is also used for the treatment of acne and rheumatoid arthritis. It is indicated to treat inflammatory lesions of non-nodular moderate to severe acne vulgaris in people nine years of age and older.
Historically, minocycline has been an effective treatment for acne vulgaris. Both minocycline and doxycycline have shown effectiveness in asthma due to immune-suppressing effects. Minocycline and doxycycline have modest effectiveness in treating rheumatoid arthritis.
