In August 2013, I was taking Tetracyclinum 250 mg for acne (my treatment is 3 packages of 16 tablets - the treatment lasted about 22 days), so it ended in mid-September 2013). In November 2013 I got pregnant. Were there any residues in my body after treatment with this antibiotic and could it affect my baby? Currently, I am 23 weeks pregnant and so far my pregnancy is going very well, but I am worried whether the baby will be born he althy.
After this time, it is not possible for the drug to remain in your body.
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Elżbieta Szymańska, MD, PhDDermatologist-venereologist. He deals with classic and aesthetic dermatology. He works as a deputy manager in the Department of Dermatology at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and as director of for medical matters, Center for Prevention and Therapy in Warsaw. Since 2011, he has been the scientific director of the Postgraduate Studies of the Medical University of Warsaw "Aesthetic Medicine".
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