Catharine, I'm neither casting a vote pro or con, but both my daughter and I were put on tetracycline permanently to control a chronic facial flushing called 'acne rosasea' <sp?>. The only side effect I know of is that this also protects the traveler from catching the endemic Chinese upper respiratory infection when touring. Penny, NY ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]