Oral Tetracycline As A Treatment For Acne
Tetracycline is a prescription medication, so you’ll need to visit your healthcare provider to get it. Your healthcare provider may also prescribe a topical medication (like Retin-A or azelaic acid) to be used along with oral tetracycline. Tetracycline also comes in a cream that’s used topically (on the skin) to treat acne, but other antibiotics are more commonly used in cream form to treat acne. How It Works Tetracycline works by slowing down the growth of the bacteria that cause acne....