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(@geegeegeebabybaby)

Posted : 07/22/2013 3:43 pm

Hi ^.^

 

I'm Georgia and I'm 14, I've been on Roaccutane for about 2 and a bit months and its my second time trying the drug. I'm 5ft1 and about 63kg, and I have had acne since I was 8 due to an extreme amount of sebum in my body :s

I am currently on a dosage of 60mg, and my dermotologist said that if my current treatment isn't working she will put me onto 80mg. I'm a bit concerned, as surely that's really high? Should I be worried?

I currently get very dry skin, back and muscle pain and minor nosebleeds as side effects and its rather painful, I don't want to experience more!:( But I wish to have lovely clear skin:( So would 80mg be too much, or am I overreacting?

My dermotologist did say that is very unusual for a girl of my age to have to re take roaccutane :(

Thanks!

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(@biggs881)

Posted : 07/22/2013 5:24 pm

A daily dose of 0.5-1.0 mg/kg/day is typical, but sometimes Derms go higher, particularly for severe and/or body and/or lower-dose-resistant acne.

If you took 80mg/day, that would be about 1.3mg/kg/day. If the side effects you have now are burdensome, I would be wary of increasing your dose.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138365/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22909370

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(@geegeegeebabybaby)

Posted : 07/22/2013 5:26 pm

Thank you!

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