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I take 100mg doxy-cycl hycl &been on it a month &have adapalene cream aswell but i feel acne is gotten worce & the pimples turn into a redish scabs?

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Patience.: A month is not long enough, in many cases. Give the treatment time to work. If you are still not seeing improvement after 2 or 3 months, ask your prescriber to modify your regimen. Everyone is different, and sometimes several treatment combinations have to be tried before an effective one is found.

Answered 10/2/2014

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