Remicade and Acne?

[steelerfan]

Has anyone every had or heard of acne being a side effect of Remicade? I have had 3, maybe 4, infusions...weaning myself off of prednisone (woo hoo)...about two weeks ago...some major acne. My family doc called it inflammatory acne...so now I am on an antibiotic. On one hand I hope it is not a side effect of Remicade, but then...I have NO idea why I have it. I am practically OFF of pred!!! ugh:ymad:

 

[KWalker]

Check out my thread about the face wash I used for acne and it made a huge difference overnight. It's in the skin section

 

[steelerfan]

Thank you for reaching out. I am going to see how the antibiotics go...plus I was prescribed one of those big shot acne meds...I surely will remember though.

 

[onedayatatime]

You could also be having the acne because you are coming off the pred. This happened with my son. Our dermatologist called it pred. Rebound and she indicated it is very common. It took about 10 weeks but did resolve.

 

[KWalker]

What kind of acne meds did they give you?

 

[steelerfan]

doxycycline and retin-a

 

[KWalker]

ah okay. I've never heard of those, I was just curious to see if you were going to say Accutane. My problem was given that back when he had bad acne in his teens and it caused many problems for him.

 

[steelerfan]

I have heard bad things about accutane.

 

[KWalker]

Yeah, like I said my brother was on it and was not good.

 

[steelerfan]

pred-rebound

You could also be having the acne because you are coming off the pred. This happened with my son. Our dermatologist called it pred. Rebound and she indicated it is very common. It took about 10 weeks but did resolve.

Did the dermatologist give you medicine to use or just tell you it will go away? I mentioned I was given an antibiotic, doxycycline and a creme, retin-a.

 

[JoFowler]

I have been on Remicade for almost a year and I am experiencing acne(I guess) for the first time in my life and I am 41. I always got one or two whitehead pimples around that special time of month, but now I get a series of hard bumps on the right side of my neck that come and go, and leave kind of a purplish scar and this last week I have been dealing with one on my chin. I will discuss with the Dr on my next visit.

 

[Beach bum]

I get the hard bumps that leave scars too. I have always put it down to the Azathioprine not letting spots heal normally. But I am on the Remi too , so maybe it's that?

 

[JoFowler]

I get the hard bumps that leave scars too. I have always put it down to the Azathioprine not letting spots heal normally. But I am on the Remi too , so maybe it's that?

I am also on Imuran, so it could be that? No idea!