I asked my derm about spreading the tablets out throughout the day but she told me to just take them all at once.

You were told to take them with fat because they are fat soluble and will be absorbed best like this.

I think the reason you were told not to eat lots of fatty foods was probably because Roaccutane puts stress on your body and it's best to try and keep it healthy when you're on it. Does that make sense?

I asked my derm about spreading the tablets out throughout the day but she told me to just take them all at once.

You were told to take them with fat because they are fat soluble and will be absorbed best like this.

I think the reason you were told not to eat lots of fatty foods was probably because Roaccutane puts stress on your body and it's best to try and keep it healthy when you're on it. Does that make sense?

yeah i guess as long as you take the full dose in some way, it wouldn't really matter too much anyway

what you're saying makes sense, but i don't understand how, if i'm meant to avoid fatty foods, i can take the tablets with something containing a lot of fat? i'm just hoping that the fact that i don't take them with a high fat meal won't have any impact on the effectiveness.

I asked my derm about spreading the tablets out throughout the day but she told me to just take them all at once.

You were told to take them with fat because they are fat soluble and will be absorbed best like this.

I think the reason you were told not to eat lots of fatty foods was probably because Roaccutane puts stress on your body and it's best to try and keep it healthy when you're on it. Does that make sense?

yeah i guess as long as you take the full dose in some way, it wouldn't really matter too much anyway

what you're saying makes sense, but i don't understand how, if i'm meant to avoid fatty foods, i can take the tablets with something containing a lot of fat? i'm just hoping that the fact that i don't take them with a high fat meal won't have any impact on the effectiveness.

I'm confused now I think having something fatty with a meal (e.g. butter) is okay as it will help absorption but it's saying don't have a diet that is constantly high in fat as this may cause more health problems

Anyway, good luck!

I was confused about this too... I'm taking 30mg and they only come in 10mg tablets. My doctor told me to take 10mg 3 times daily, but then the pharmacist told me to take them all at once... I decided to take them 3 times daily because I thought it would be better to have a constant stream of the medicine in the body instead of just a huge dose all at once that would be a shock to the body. But what do I know?

I think it's important to eat healthy on Accutane but it is important to have some fat when you take the tablets. Just having it with fruit probably isn't the best idea. Throwing in 20 almonds would help, or a bit of peanut butter.

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I asked my derm about spreading the tablets out throughout the day but she told me to just take them all at once.

You were told to take them with fat because they are fat soluble and will be absorbed best like this.

I think the reason you were told not to eat lots of fatty foods was probably because Roaccutane puts stress on your body and it's best to try and keep it healthy when you're on it. Does that make sense?

yeah i guess as long as you take the full dose in some way, it wouldn't really matter too much anyway

what you're saying makes sense, but i don't understand how, if i'm meant to avoid fatty foods, i can take the tablets with something containing a lot of fat? i'm just hoping that the fact that i don't take them with a high fat meal won't have any impact on the effectiveness.

I'm confused now I think having something fatty with a meal (e.g. butter) is okay as it will help absorption but it's saying don't have a diet that is constantly high in fat as this may cause more health problems

Anyway, good luck!

haha sorry! yeah good point,i think i was just being overly paranoid about the fact fat was a necessity when taking the tablets but as long as i stay healthy aside from that it shouldn't be too bad right?

wow you're four years younger than me and ten times more intelligent

thanks for the help

I was confused about this too... I'm taking 30mg and they only come in 10mg tablets. My doctor told me to take 10mg 3 times daily, but then the pharmacist told me to take them all at once... I decided to take them 3 times daily because I thought it would be better to have a constant stream of the medicine in the body instead of just a huge dose all at once that would be a shock to the body. But what do I know?

I think it's important to eat healthy on Accutane but it is important to have some fat when you take the tablets. Just having it with fruit probably isn't the best idea. Throwing in 20 almonds would help, or a bit of peanut butter.

it's stupid, i wish they'd just get the right size tablets in stock but i can't really complain seeing as i'm getting them via the nhs. yeah that's the same logic i was beginning to adapt when thinking about what to do yesterday. i literally forget everything though and already occasionally think at night before bed "oh shit i didn't take my tablets earlier!" so i'd end up taking two and forgetting about the last one or something like that. i should be ok as long as i start taking them with a high fat food do you think? anyway, i'll double check with my dermatologist at my next appointment.

thanks for this, happened to have some almonds to hand so i have just done that this second starting to realise the importance of this factor so i'm definitely going to make sure i'm doing it properly from now on.

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thanks so much for this, literally all the information you could need

Fat is healthy, transfats are not, big difference.

I drink olive oil like water for weightlifting cals and my overall cholesterol is much lower than the average in my country.

Fat is healthy, transfats are not, big difference.

I drink olive oil like water for weightlifting cals and my overall cholesterol is much lower than the average in my country.

yeah see i like to think of myself as fairly healthy when i want to be but anything more complex than junk food is bad and fruit/vegetables are healthy confuses me

i'm just gonna make sure i start having something higher in fat for breakfast and continue to eat healthy for the rest of the day i guess.

Extra virgin olive oil is your friend, as are 100% nut butters ie nothing but crushed nuts.

Low fat diets IMO ate not optimal for health.

Fat is healthy, transfats are not, big difference.

I drink olive oil like water for weightlifting cals and my overall cholesterol is much lower than the average in my country.

You drink olive oil like water?! That cannot be healthy.