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Second Accutane Course, Few Questions, Please Help

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(@james1946)

Posted : 10/28/2014 11:20 am

Hello everyone, I have just started my second accutane course (60mg a day) and just looking for some advice.

Firstly im taking 1 x 20mg tablet in the morning at around 7.00am then another after a meal at 4.00pm then the last one just before bed at 10.00pm.. would this spacing of the tablets be okay?

Also i understand it is important to eat a meal which is high in fat. Im currently searching on posts what to eat but currently im eating for example for breakfast bowl of cereal, some toast with peanut butter etc, glass of whole milk, take tablet and wash it down with water. Dinner time normally a large meal then take tablet with water. Finally before bed ill eat maybe some eggs or toast or a tuna sandwich then take tablet.

Any food suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :)

Also im wondering if its a good idea to take a protein shake maybe before bed with my small meal and tablet just to increase the amount of protein and fat that's going into my system, good idea?

Any feedback or advice at all would be brillaint

Thanks

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(@megtree)

Posted : 10/28/2014 2:47 pm

Hi - as long as you take the pill with a meal that contains some fat, you're fine. The diet you just mentioned should work perfectly. I wouldn't intentionally eat any more fat than what you are mentioned above, as you do also need to watch your cholesterol while you are on the drug.

Is there a reason why you would want to add more protein to your diet?

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(@james1946)

Posted : 10/29/2014 10:03 am

I've researched more and understand there isn't any advantage of more protein.

 

But on my first course I didn't really take pills with high fat food so that's why ive had to go on second course and now I'm focusing 100% on food I eat, timing of pills, extra water etc

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(@hihello9)

Posted : 11/05/2014 8:00 pm

Hi.

I just started taking Accutane around three weeks ago and I have a few questions.

1) When does the initial breakout usually occur?

2) The pills Im taking are red, but some of them are covered in fuzzy white stuff (?) I can easily wipe it away, but I was wondering if this is normal? (the expiration date on the box is a year from now)

Sorry I posted this replying to another topic, but I cant seem to find a way to post a new question.

Thank You!!

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(@james1946)

Posted : 11/08/2014 2:11 pm

Hey, the initial breakout vary from person to person i've been told. I'm in my 3rd week of my course and i can did see more spots coming up when i started taking the pills and i am still seeing some now but not as much.

This is what my tablets look like:

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(@hihello9)

Posted : 11/21/2014 11:58 am

Hey, I actually found out the pills were covered in some kind of fungi (gross) but they quickly gave me new pills from a different lab. Thanks anyways!

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