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Please tell me, could i take antibiotics to get rid of a chalazion?
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Antibiotic/chalazion: Sometimes tetracycline by mouth is used to treat, especially is chalazia is large or inflammed.. There is clinical evidence that it helps reduce the size significantly.
Answered 4/3/2016
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