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[kevin*]

im 15 years old and i have pretty bad acne. i am currently taking 100mg of minocycline and that seems to be working but if i foget to take one pill i breakout immediately. my derm recommended accutane. i am going to hate having to put on sunscreen and chapstick on every day but i guess its worth it. one other thing. i am going to be working out alot this summer. Does anyone know if joint pain is a really common side effect because i dont want to have aches the whole summer. I dont know if I should take accutane. any advice??

[Bella03]

I know exactly what you mean. i start the first week in july...

The people on the board are so supportive...(Esp. if you have any questions)

I'm sure you'll clear up wonderfully..

[life is great]

I only had a few joint pains. I have been on accutane for 2.5 weeks now and so far I have been having little side affects , I hope it stays like that. On saturday I have to go and get my blood work done again and then in a week go back to the derm.

It is the best thing I ever started taking, I have been on everything there is and i am only 16. I have what you would call mild but persistent acne.

Good luck and just put lots and lots of sunscreen on.

[Kirstin]

Hi Kevin!

Welcome to the forum!

I am on day 18 and I only have had one occurance of joint pains. It really just depends on your body. When I did get the pains, I took 2 advil and the pain was go in 30 minutes!

Good luck! And keep us updated!