| People who suffer from multiple | | | | traditionally been used to treat |
| sclerosis have a few different options | | | | conditions which involve bacterial |
| when it comes to treatments and | | | | swelling, including minor conditions |
| medications which can decrease the | | | | such as acne right up to serious plagues |
| severity of symptoms and even lengthen | | | | such as anthrax and cholera. |
| the time between symptomatic outbreaks. | | | | It is these same anti-inflammatory |
| Some treatments may even assist in | | | | properties which have given rise to new |
| eliminating certain symptoms of the | | | | hopes for the application of the |
| condition altogether. | | | | antibiotic for researchers interested in |
| Those who research treatments for | | | | treating symptoms of multiple sclerosis. |
| multiple sclerosis symptoms have | | | | As with many neurological diseases, it |
| recently begun to test the effects of | | | | is swelling in areas of the brain that |
| the drug minocycline on people suffering | | | | triggers episodes of MS symptom attack. |
| from the condition. In this article we | | | | The reaction of the antibiotic |
| will take a look at what minocycline is | | | | essentially stops certain types of cell |
| and what hope it has to offer people | | | | death which would otherwise cause cell |
| suffering with multiple sclerosis. | | | | death and thus more severe symptoms. |
| Minocycline hydrochloride | | | | Possible side effects |
| As you might have already guessed, the | | | | Minocycline is still in its infancy as |
| sub title above indicates the full name | | | | far as a treatment for multiple |
| of the minocycline treatment. This | | | | sclerosis, but there is definitely |
| medicine is classified as an antibiotic, | | | | reason to believe in its success. In |
| which means that its primary use is in | | | | fact, researchers believe that the drug |
| fighting off different kinds of bacteria | | | | may be useful in combating several other |
| and bacterial infection. Minocycline is | | | | neurological diseases as well, including |
| thought to be more effective than other | | | | Parkinson's disease and even |
| antibiotics in the tetracycline family, | | | | Alzheimer's. |
| largely due to the fact that the half | | | | As with any treatment, there are risks |
| life of the medicine is much longer than | | | | associated with the use of minocycline. |
| others. Thus, it can create serum levels | | | | Flu like symptoms including vomiting and |
| within the body which can be up to four | | | | headaches may arise. In addition, there |
| times greater than other similar | | | | is a low risk in some patients that |
| antibiotics. | | | | minocycline may trigger an allergic |
| The use of minocycline | | | | reaction, and using any tetracycline |
| Because of its anti-inflammatory | | | | past its due date will have toxic |
| properties, minocycline has | | | | effects on the body. |