I had bout after bout of what I mistakenly thought was called “stripe throat” I lay in bed drinking cold water and imagining my throat in alternating stripes of red and white (this was probably not so far wrong) .
Antibiotics — the kind that are also used to treat other bacterial infections, from strep throat to urinary tract infections — can be used to treat acne.
Not, you know, I had a strep throat, I took antibiotics, but somebody put you on antibiotics for your skin, told you you have a chronic inflammatory condition, maybe rosacea, take these antibiotics.
Usually, when you get some type of bacterial infection, like strep throat or pneumonia, you go to the doctor, get some antibiotics, and you are all good to go.
And in 1937, there was this Tennessee pharma startup that hit upon this idea for a new cough syrup, a cure for strep throat actually, targeted at children.