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[3byzmom]

Hi everyone, I'm a mom of a 16 year ol boy who started on Claravis in December for cystic acne. He is 115lbs and he was started on 40 mg, one capsule a day. He has had good results and the derm bumped him up to two 40mg capsules per day. This seemed like too much to me but trusted them to know what they are doing. I have a 19 yr old son who took claravis his senior year. He was probably 15 or 20lbs heavier than his brother. He had pretty bad flare ups during his course, dry lips and skin and joint pain. By the end of his course he was taking 120 mg per day. Now I think this was also too much for him. After reading the FDA's recommended dosage per weight it says my 16 yr old should be taking a max of 50mg divided into two capsules per day. Why would they bump him up to 60 then? Especially when he was having good results from 40. Yesterday he called me at school and he had a really bad headache and said in weights class he jumped down from doing pull ups and his knees hurt so bad he almost buckled. He's a pretty tough kid too. He has been on 80 mg for two weeks now. I cut him back to 40 yesterday and left a message for the derm and have been researching online. I'm just waiting to talk to her now and will not let him more than 50 again. Any advice or thoughts appreciated.

*Meant to say why did they bump him up to 80mg

[Exsolve]

I think your doctors kinda overdosing your son. I thought it was suppose to be around the client's weight. So that kinda seems intense to me. I'm around 170 lb so I'm taking 70mg per night. You should talk to your doctor. Also, for exercising (especially weight class), start out SLOW and set a limit to how far you can push your body without feeling pain because your (son's) body is under a lot of stress from the drug.

Edited by Exsolve, 31 January 2012 - 09:56 PM.

[3byzmom]

Thank you for your reply. I think it's way too much too. I only wish I hadn't trusted they knew what they were doing and checked online myself. I dropped him back to 40 and will not let him go above that for the duration.