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Originally Posted by Dilman

I have read all of this thread, and I'm extremely interested in fasting. I decided this morning spontaneously to do a three day fast, which I'm currently nine hours in to.

Anyway, I'm taking an acne medication, minocycline, for moderate acne on my back, and I was wondering, should I stop taking this during my fast? I'm supposed to take it twice a day on an empty stomach. Does anyone know if it would interfere with the detox process?

Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is considered the expert faster in the country. When Dr Oz (Oprah's doctor) had someone very obese, he sent them to Dr Fuhrman. This page on Fasting says that you should not fast if your are taking any medications (from Dr Fuhrman's book). It presents dangers like over-dosing on a medication.

So his advice is to get your doctor to let you stop while you fast or do not fast. For people with serious problems they can fast under the supervision of a doctor which is what he recommends for everyone anyway. This is his advice. Since I am not a doctor, I cannot give medical advice. He says that fasting interacts with some medications.

The site above explains how a lady did the lemonade diet from reading my fasting site and she monitored her blood pressure and lowered her medication slowly as her blood pressure got down. She did get to the point where she stopped taking all medication (while on lemonade diet) and she had a low blood pressure like that of a 16 year old. Common sense would say to consult the guy who has you on it. If you put yourself on it, then consult yourself.