Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline Use

Two males ages 16 and 23 years presented with new testicular pain while taking minocycline. Both patients experienced resolution of their symptoms only after minocycline discontinuation. Testicular pain with minocycline use has been previously described, however only in the setting of systemic autoi...

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Main Authors:	Victor Kucherov, William Hulbert, Guan Wu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:	Urology Case Reports
Subjects:	Minocycline Testicular pain Adverse drug reaction
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221444201500011X

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spelling	doaj-208bad68ae5e44adb01df70f793fac8a2020-11-24T23:47:49ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202015-05-0133727310.1016/j.eucr.2015.01.010Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline UseVictor KucherovWilliam HulbertGuan WuTwo males ages 16 and 23 years presented with new testicular pain while taking minocycline. Both patients experienced resolution of their symptoms only after minocycline discontinuation. Testicular pain with minocycline use has been previously described, however only in the setting of systemic autoimmune reactions (which were absent here). These cases represent probable rare adverse reactions to minocycline. For patients taking minocycline who experience otherwise unexplained testicular pain, a trial discontinuation of this medication should be considered.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221444201500011XMinocyclineTesticular painAdverse drug reaction
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title	Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline Use
title_short	Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline Use
title_full	Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline Use
title_fullStr	Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline Use
title_full_unstemmed	Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline Use
title_sort	testicular pain associated with minocycline use
publisher	Elsevier
series	Urology Case Reports
issn	2214-4420
publishDate	2015-05-01
description	Two males ages 16 and 23 years presented with new testicular pain while taking minocycline. Both patients experienced resolution of their symptoms only after minocycline discontinuation. Testicular pain with minocycline use has been previously described, however only in the setting of systemic autoimmune reactions (which were absent here). These cases represent probable rare adverse reactions to minocycline. For patients taking minocycline who experience otherwise unexplained testicular pain, a trial discontinuation of this medication should be considered.
topic	Minocycline Testicular pain Adverse drug reaction
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221444201500011X
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Testicular Pain Associated With Minocycline Use

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