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Posted 12/3/2015 6:15 PM (GMT -5)
My LMD prescribe minocycline tablets but the pharmacy was charging me $200 for 60, 100 mg because the insurance didn't covered it, after asking around I found out that there are tablets and capsules and the price between them is enormous, the capsules are a lot less cheaper. The question is, has anybody know from their Drs if there is much difference in the efficacy of one or the other. Is the first time I am prescribed this and I have my hopes high since I read it penetrates the brain barrier. Thanks for any info. :-)
Posted 12/3/2015 6:36 PM (GMT -5)
I was prescribed the capsules - they are easy to recognize - half black and half orange. Halloween colors.
Minocycline hydrate - it says on the bottle.

I believe it did a lot for my head stuff. At the time I was taking it, I was a bit dizzy - from the med itself) but when I stopped after approx. 3 months, I realized my head stuff was a lot better. (I had a sensation of pressure in my head, and I was off-balance)
Posted 12/3/2015 6:51 PM (GMT -5)
I used the capsules as well - I wouldn't have remembered, but Girlie mentioned the colors! LOL! That I remember! I was seeing a very well known LLMD back then (2007), so I'm sure he wouldn't have used a less effective form.

If there is any differences between capsules and tablets, it will be something to do with the individuals body preferences, not the med itself.
Posted 12/4/2015 8:34 AM (GMT -5)
Than you,
Posted 12/4/2015 10:35 AM (GMT -5)
They use the tablets usually so that you can cut them in half and make a growing scheme with those.Like 50 mg a day, then 50 mornings, 50 evenings, and so on. . .
Posted 12/4/2015 11:31 AM (GMT -5)
There should be no difference in the med as Traveler said, but it is less expensive to produce a tablet than to produce a capsule.

Edit to say: so I don't understand your pharmacy's cost difference being reversed. ???
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