chitownqt 0 Posted February 16, 2006 Hi everyone. I've been on Accutane for 30 days now, 40mg a day. I started off with my cholesterol at 218, a tad high. I took the bloodwork this morning and its now 256....pretty high considering I've been watching what I eat. My derm said that she can't increase my dosage because of the high chol. and that if it gets any higher, she would pull me off tane. I dont know what to do! I've been watching what I eat, nothing with high cholesterol has touched my lips since starting tane. I asked her to put me on a lipid controlling drug, but she said that she only does that with patients with severe acne. Any suggestions?? Has anyone else had this problem?? Thanks guys! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BFGUITAR 0 Posted February 16, 2006 Excersise. If you do alot of cardio youll be fine The thing is, you may even watch what you eat but you still will have cholesterol in your body. Its not like it magically goes away. You may have had high cholesterol before starting accutane? My best tip is to hit the gym and start doing some serious cardio. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
~*T*~ 0 Posted February 16, 2006 Excersise. If you do alot of cardio youll be fine The thing is, you may even watch what you eat but you still will have cholkesterol in your body. Its not liek it magically goes away. You may have had high cholesterol before startig accutane? My best tip is to hit the gmy and start doing soem serious cardio. ^^what he said^^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angela 75 0 Posted February 17, 2006 I'm not sure if you're referring to triglycerides? But mine hit 594 after month 4. Luckily my derm is letting me continue my course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Blu* 0 Posted February 17, 2006 My derm just told me last month that my cholesterol was high. BTW... this is a question for everyone: Do you take your blood tests a week before your appt. or how do you do it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BFGUITAR 0 Posted February 17, 2006 I take my test 3 days before my appointment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
medic 0 Posted February 17, 2006 They were right when they told you not to eat so much junk food. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chitownqt 0 Posted February 17, 2006 I'm not sure if you're referring to triglycerides? But mine hit 594 after month 4. Luckily my derm is letting me continue my course. No, my triglycerides are actually normal. LDL is high. 594?!?! WOW! It sux that my derm won't up my dosage. I've been eating so healthy too. God I miss eggs and burgers . Are any of you guys taking supplements to control your cholesterol?? My derm just told me last month that my cholesterol was high. BTW... this is a question for everyone: Do you take your blood tests a week before your appt. or how do you do it? I took my tests the same day. A couple of hours before my appointment. Luckily, the lab is located in the same hospital my derm is in. Another question, I drank black coffee and ate a few spoonfulls of oatmeal (sugarfree) a couple of hours before the test...could that have spiked the numbers?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
~*T*~ 0 Posted February 17, 2006 I read on the net one time that grain and bran can cause your triglycerides to rise. But then I used that as an excuse when mine was high, and my doc said it makes no difference, so I dunno. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
