Minocycline cause of serious situation with my son
Memory tells me I may have posted on this before, but I may just be remembering the emails received and sent while we were going through a very tense time.
A little history to set the stage: My son is 19 and as a child born to a mother with lupus, he is at least statistically more likely to develop an autoimmune issue than a "normal" child. Because of this, I've probably been TOO careful about his health.
After his routine eye exam, he was referred to a neuro-opthalmologist. I found out about this as I had my routine exam shortly after his. When I walked into the office, the receptionist informed me that my son's appointment had been changed - here is the doctor's card and new appointment info.
Huh???????????? Neuro what????????????? Uh oh.
Bottom line, both his optic nerves were swollen, thus the referral. The N-O doctor diagnosed pseudotumor cerebri after he was tested and had brain tumor ruled out. Much to my overprotective mother's relief.
It was determined that the minocycline that he was taking to treat his acne is what caused the excess cerebrospinal fluid buildup. Thankfully, after the MRI, spinal tap, etc. the spinal fluid pressure slowly came down once he stopped the drug.
Apparently it is not well documented as in "in the literature included with the drug" that this is a possible side effect. But I think all parents of teens should know about this.
There, hopefully this is in the right place, and thanks to lupus fog, I hope I haven't duplicated one of my former posts! If so, my apologies.
Good health to all, especially those under 20!
Love, Pollyanna :love2: