Is efracea a steroid drug? Does it contain steroids? Can you gain weight after it?
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Anna Tyrańska Pharmacist, Editor
4 months ago
No. The active ingredient is doxycycline, a semi-synthetic antibiotic from the tetracycline group. The dose of doxycycline contained in the preparation is more than 2 times lower than the dose used in antimicrobial therapy. The purpose of using doxycycline in a lower dose is to take advantage of its anti-inflammatory and not bacteriostatic effects and thus - indicated to reduce papular-pustular lesions in adult patients with rosacea.
Taking doxycycline should not lead directly to weight gain.
The availability of Efracea in pharmacies in Polish can be checked here:
https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/26312/efracea-kapsulki-o-zmodyfikowanym-uwalnianiu/apteki
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