 [ Symptoms ] hives as a side effect of minocycline  my daughter has been on minocycline for a week today she woke up with an itchy patch of skin tonight there are more patches of itchy slightly raised skin is this hives and could it be a side effect of the minocycline [ Disease ] yes hives could be a side effect nearly all medications have this potential but anyone takind a new medication would be suspicious that this may be the cause keep in mind however that hives can be causes by hundreds of different things