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Isotretinoin (Accutane) Reviews
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nancy from arizona
January 26, 2012
| Pros | has been clearing skin significantly no initial breakout dry skin isnt so bad no more oily hair no more oily face |
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| Cons | dry lips hair has continued to fall off a lot back hurts |
| Bottom line | i have been on this for a little over a month. i am stopping because this medication is too strong for me. although the pros and great, my hair has been falling nonstop and my eyelashes have begun to fall. my acne is pretty minor and i will begin some natural remedies that were suggested to me and i have a great gut feeling they will work. accutane works for some, but i guess im not someone who should be taking it. i was on 40 mg a day. i wish you all the best! |
| Price paid | $600.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
BCHI
January 26, 2012
| Pros | Perfectly clear skin for 6 months after treatment. |
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| Cons | low back pain, skin took on grayish tone, low energy, sore muscles, very low healing rate. |
| Bottom line | I've had acne problems all my life. I'm 30 now and still bogged down by how horrible my skin makes me feel. I took accutane about five years ago. It felt like I had every side effect I was warned about. I looked like the living dead and my bf was so worried about me. Unfortunately I don't remember the dosage but I took it for about a month, maybe more. I came off the meds because the side effects were too much to handle. Fortunately, for the first time in my life I had completely clear skin! No blemishes at all after I stopped the treatment. It lasted for about 6 months and those 6 months were amazing! Pimples started popping up slowly and very mild after that and they would go away a day or two later without any nasty flare up or scaring. 5 years later here I am with never before seen pustules on my face. Combined with regular acne pimples. My face is in pain constantly and the scaring is traumatizing... and again I'm reconsidering accutane. I'm that desperate! I've been on Doryx for about a month and its no longer working! Seeing my derma tomorrow, will see about a low dosage treatment. Good luck all! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Julie from Miami
January 25, 2012
| Pros | Greatly improved my hugely embarrassing acne problem. |
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| Cons | Thinning hair. |
| Bottom line | I was on isotretinoin before Roche's patent expired. I paid $500.00 per month for the pills because my insurance company considered the treatment "cosmetic". I would do it again in a heartbeat. A 3-month course cleared up 90% of my acne for years. Now that it's been a decade, I rarely have a breakout. This treatment was well worth the price. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $500.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Anonymous
January 24, 2012
| Pros | Cleared my face up completely |
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| Cons | Hemorrhoids Dry eyes Initial break out |
| Bottom line | I was on Accutane for 5 months. Was supposed to be 6 but I ran out of prescription coverage for the rest of the year. It does dry you out so I made sure to drink 8-10 glasses a day of water. I also took multi vitamins and probiotics to keep me healthy with such a strong drug. The worse part about it was the hemorrhoids, no matter what I did they were always there. I was so afraid to go poo. :( I found that taking fiber soften things so that made it easier. I also stayed away from a lot of protein because that made the poo harder. When I know I'm going to have a large meal or a lot of protien I would use preparation H suppositories before I went to bed. Worked wonders! Its been a year post Accutane and Im still clear. I get a couple pimples every now and then but its not nearly as bad. |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Riley from Winnipeg, MB
January 22, 2012
| Pros | On my 5th or 6th month now of Accutane, honestly my skin is about 90% clear and now i get a pimple every once in a while. I still have scars but they're starting to fade. |
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| Cons | -Dry lips -Dry skin -Nose bleeds |
| Bottom line | I would recommend this to anyone, just be careful of the side effects :)! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Katey from New Orleans, LA
January 22, 2012
| Pros | Completely healed skin for 2 years |
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| Cons | i believe it caused infertility :( |
| Bottom line | Did a 6 month course of this when I was 20. I am a female so I had to do pregnancy test everymonth and do the questionaire before it could be filled. It worked! My skin was beautiful for 2 years but then it slowly came back, but not as bad as before! I was warned about all the serious side effects. I wasnt warned about infertility. I have been trying to concieve for 3 years now. Nothing, not even a miscarriage. And it's not just me, google accutane and infertility. So if you're a woman, please consider this. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $30.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Patrick from TN
January 22, 2012
| Pros | Worked very well while I was on it. |
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| Cons | Dry skin/eyes. (I wear contacts). Sore joints, sore muscles. Decrease in appetite. Acne starting coming back 2 weeks after a 5 month course (40mg daily). |
| Bottom line | If it works for you great. If it doesn't it is a huge pain for nothing. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $37.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Su Lwin from Texas
January 19, 2012
| Pros | Controls Oil production of skin. Gets rid of acne |
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| Cons | Makes face pink or red. Dry Skin, lips. |
| Bottom line | For me, Accutane worked well while I was prescribed to it for 6 months. The first 1 or 2 months made my acne worse, but after that it faded away. At the end of my prescription I still had a little bit of acne, light and occasional. However after a month after my prescription ended I started to get pimples again. Right now I still have moderate acne and am seeking another treatment |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $150.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Melissa from Malaysia
January 18, 2012
| Pros | : IT WORKS : reduced oiliness |
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| Cons | To be honest, none. |
| Bottom line | NOW, I think the reason why it worked so well for me is because the doctor gave me very low doses of this, 10 mg, and told me that I could continue taking Roaccutane for 8 months, when my acne would've completely gone away OR take it every other day when my skin is clear. But anyway, I had acne on my cheeks and 90% of it cleared up by 2 weeks. It's been two months so far and I have completely clear skin. My suggestion : LOW DOSE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME = LESS SIDE EFFECTS. There is research on the benefits of low-dosing as opposed to high-dosing. Look it up, it's not just coming from me. |
| Recommended | Yes |
Claire from Buffalo, NY
January 12, 2012
| Pros | Completely clears your skin up within a matter of months |
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| Cons | Risk of dangerous side effects in addition to dry skin and extreme sensitivity to the sun, acne may come back a few years later |
| Bottom line | I used this when I was a teenager and it completely cleared up my skin. By my early 20's my acne came back though and it was worst then ever. I went to the dermatologist and they told me that some people need another treatment later. So I tried it again, but even on the lowest doses it burned the skin inside my nose. Very weird and painful. It's definitely not worth the risk and pain of using it, just to have acne resurface again later. I would try zinc supplements and benzoyl peroxide first. Eliminating diary from my diet drastically reduced the amount of cystic acne I get so you could try that first as well. And to think, all those years of drinking milk for healthy bones. Ha, what a load! Good luck! |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $100.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
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