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RE: Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Anyone get insomnia from accutane or post accutane?

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1 year ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

1 hour ago, Lifesuckshard said: I also think this. The TZD's i mentioned greatly increase sebum production and it blocks the enzyme (aldh1a3) needed to create all trans retinoic acid. It also r...

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3 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

How many people here have low Alkaline Phosphatase? This seems to be one of the few blood markers that is chronically, and consistently low among long term accutane suffers.

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3 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Looking for some help for ED. Any particular supplements or advice for Accutane induce ED? Testosterone is normal, always has been after multiple tests.

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3 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Find a good Traditional Chinese Medicine/Acupuncturist, and a Functional Medicine doctor. Those are the only two types of medicine that can help us. Standard Biomedicine doesn't even believe Acc...

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3 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

3 hours ago, oneaway said: I totally agree that exercising helps. The sweating, increased heart rate and the burn just feels so darn good. Having Crohn’s, I can attest that it has helped me wit...

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3 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

High SBGH basically means most of you testosterone is bound up, and thus not delivered into your tissues. In Men, low serum Testosterone is a risk factor for insulin resistance. In Women, the correl...

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3 years ago
Do You Suffer From Accutane Hair Loss? Read This!

Hi Robert, I have pretty bad insomnia as a result of Accutane. 7 months after Accutane, my Insomnia has gotten progressively worse. How long have u experienced Insomnia? Does anyone who used a...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Aussieface, How long have you had insomnia? It's been almost 7 months post accutane, and my insomnia has gotten progressively worse. These days, I average 1-2 hours of sleep a night max. Lost a t...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Quick question for everyone: Has anyone experienced long term INSOMINA post Accutane. My insomina gradually got worse over the last 6 months. What worries me more is that I'm not tired in the day ...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Oil Girl, All other tests came back normal. The main thing out of whack is the low alkaline phosphatase. Some of the symptoms I have are: Joint issues. Coldness in my new joints. Def affected my ...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Quick question for everyone here. Had two blood tests done in the last 3 months; both times I tested for LOW alkaline phosphatase. Anyone experience this?

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Went to two different doctors, both suggested I get tested for Lyme Disease. Most doctors simply don't believe our symptoms are caused by Accutane. How I got Lymes Disease living in Washington DC is b...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

some parts of your body recovers like your oil glands because genetically they are so strong and overactive to begin with. Other parts of ur body are not so and thus have a harder time.

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

For many with persistent acne, its due to their overactive oil glands. Also not sure if Acutane destroyed your skin's ability to detox. As long as you can sweat, your skin is functioning more or les...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Epigentic or not, the part I don't understand is why does the symptoms slowly get worse over time for a lot of people. Normal logic should be if you took 8 months of accutane, your symptoms should be...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

NIH research on cermides:

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Those of who suffer super dry skin, hair loss, painful dry lips: read this: I been taking phytoceramides for a week now, and have noticed drastic improvements in my skin. Wouldn't have posted it ...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

"I was always sad because I had no shoes, until one day I saw a man with no legs." Gotta Keep On Fighting

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Playsomebeat, Can you tell me what exactly is 5-alpha reductase inhibitor? Agreed. I just don't think the persistence of side effects absolutely means the drug is still in our body years later. ...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Prob true. Again, doctors need to better explain the effects of this drug to young people. Most studies show that Epigenetic changes are reversible. Until they invent a specific drug that can induc...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Playsomebeat, Good article. Thanks for sharing. Two things, this article is published in the journal medical hypothesis, which means it is purely a theoretical hypothesis, not a fact. And this go...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

MovingOn, In the last 9 years, have your symptoms gotten worse or have they slowly improved somewhat?   @MovingOn - definitely did not intend to convey that I think isotretinoin is O.K. ...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Dubya, you are right. Thanks for the correction. Accutane upRegulates our FoxO gene, which results in the downRegulation of our FoxO proteins in our Skin and other organs (basically tells our cell...

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11 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I guess the next question is how do we counteract this aging effect. It seems like Reishi Mushroom directly up-regulates the FoxO gene resulting in an anti-aging effect. the article also mention...

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11 years ago