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Will keflex 250 help with acne? is this dose too low to make a difference?
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Maybe.: Keflex might lessen your acne, but that's not what it is for. The best current antibiotics for acne are Doxycycline and minocycline, with a few others used less commonly - but antibiotics are not that effective all by themselves. Let your dermatologist design a comprehensive acne treatment for you, which will probably include an antibiotic and appropriate topical therapies.
Answered 11/6/2014
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Keflex/acne: No. Antibiotics need to be targeted against specific bacteria which caused a problem. In this case acne is not one which can be helped with keflex.
Answered 2/23/2015
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