A dosing regime for providing therapy for a neurological trauma such as spinal cord injury in a human subject. The dosing regime comprises intravenous administration of a plurality of minocycline doses for a 7-day period at 12-h intervals such that a steady state level of minocycline is reached and maintained in a subjects serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid after administration of three minocycline doses. An initial minocycline dose of at least 800 mg is preferably administered within 12 h after an occurrence of the neurological trauma. The minocycline dosage is sequentially tapered to 400 mg and then maintained at 400 mg for the remainder of the 7-day treatment period.
