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Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

About the sexual side effects: depression happened for me, too, and for years I struggled with it. I estimate that 3, 4 years after my 2011 treatment I was still affected, I remember 1 year after the ...

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6 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Hello there I took another free testosterone, total testosterone and prolactin blood test This time the results were even worse than in the other years. 245 ng/DL for total T, and the blood test...

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6 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

About sexual dysfunction: I reported a while ago I did many tests and reached a few conclusions. First of all, I experienced depression 1 year AFTER the treatment ended (8 months in 2011). The depre...

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7 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

On 15/02/2018 at 11:09 PM, Colinboko said: Kind of starting to get worried with this whole water retention/kidney thing.. Really want to get an MRI done after some blood tests to rule out an...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I just got my last results and there's nothing specific about them worth mentioning. [Edited link out] And: [Edited link out] [Edited link out] DHT (Dihydrotestosterone): 360 pg/mL. Lab ranges f...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Accutane is derived from vitamin a. Overdosing on vitamin a, will produce the same effects of accutane, but, with more side effects, it may not last as long as accutane does as well. Accutane is a ret...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

In case there's any doubt Accutane causes depression, I have two pictures from the exact period when my libido was increased and at the same time I was feeling worse than ever before (June, 2012). Thi...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

My age is 33, I was born Oct 25, 1984. The accutane treatment was in 2011. I did the DHT blood test today and in the next week I'll have the DHEA-S and DHT results. I don't know if DHEA-S will help i...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Apparently it works, too. The issue here is the following: would it work at smaller doses or show to be ineffective for this end? I am not going to use Cabergoline and similar drugs. They are very exp...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Bioavailable testosterone: isn't this just a calculation instead of another test? Based on this link I have 170 ng/dL = 47.5 % of bioavailable testosterone. This is how I reached this value: Alb...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Unfortunately I don't have old blood tests to compare with all these done from August 2017 until today. All these years I only checked all the other stuff except testosterone, prolactin and these very...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I did more blood tests and already have some results: [Edited link out] Vitamin D and prolactin were measured again, for the 4th time. This time I saw something interesting: august and november = 25...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

For the record, here's what I found out just now: the max intake for Vitamin B-6, suggested to treat high prolactin instead of the expensive (and needed for years with a chance of the results being sc...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I visited a nutritionist today and so far he only prescribed (note: I go to the gym everyday) Whey Protein Concentrate, Creatine (5g/day), Fish Oil 1000 mg (3/day), and: Fat-soluble vitamins: D-3 (2...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I discovered some relevant evidence, for those who saw all the blood tests and additional exams I posted here, and have been following my profile: [Edited link out] This is the proof I did this trea...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

*******I agree that this could be the case, even likely to be the case. Although, don't let that get to you to much. It is what it is. Psycology 101 makes the assumption that the mind can control the ...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

My zinc levels are normal. I don't think I have any of the low testosterone symptoms, or little drive/motivation (the latter is something I never had). But (and this I explained in the other forum) ...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

@TrueJustice Considering the MANY side effects from this poison I think it's a miracle that I only experienced dry lips during treatment, plus depression for at least 3 years (now there's not a singl...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Found this on the internet: One hundred and twenty cases of enduring sexual dysfunction following treatment. [Edited link out] It's that classic study from 2014, where it's said: ********* (...) ...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

@hatetane all my blood tests were posted. Re-read the post and you'll see there's a link for the spermogram, too. The urologist said it's OK because that's what the semen analysis revealed: 1. Volum...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Whatever Accutane does, the question is: can it be reverted by taking meds that deal with high prolactin? I am aware of many things we can do on a daily basis to try increasing testosterone levels (an...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Please read this post before what I am going to say next... I don't want to repeat a ton of information. More about my case, concerning libido loss: I got my last blood test results... any thoug...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

On 1/5/2018 at 9:33 AM, guitarman01 said: When you think of skin thinning effects of accutane, this could be systemic as well, and not just on the outside but also internally. Example, erosion ...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

On 03/01/2018 at 2:36 AM, ailaeshiz said: On 03/01/2018 at 1:18 AM, Gladiatoro said: For people who have sexual disfunction after istotretinoin exposure , here is a re-cap . ...

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8 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Not only Accutane affects libido, I believe it can make the glans of my penis red and sore so much easily, I mean, if before the treatment in 2011 I was able to "fap" 3 times a day with no problems, n...

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8 years ago