Doxycycline prescribed for acne can cause long-term side effects and negatively impact gut health, including malabsorption, elevated triglycerides, low pancreatic elastase, and compromised intestinal permeability. — Whalespan
Doxycycline prescribed for acne can cause long-term side effects and negatively impact gut health, including malabsorption, elevated triglycerides, low pancreatic elastase, and compromised intestinal permeability.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“You go to a dermatologist, okay? Instead of looking at your gut and figuring out why do you have malabsorption of your fats, you have elevated statrate, you have low pancreatic elastes, you have low secrettory IGA indicating your gut barrier is compromised. Okay, intestinal permeability. We got to call it that because I have a GI doctor friend. If he watches this, he's going to get he's going to get pissed off if I say leaky gut. And I'm going to say, "Dude, leaky guts in PubMed now, but we'll we'll use your GI doc term intestinal permeability." Okay? So, you'll take doxy for your acne, but you're destroying your gut in the process.”