Reviewer: rocio, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I have taken accutaine on three other occassions to treat acne. It is the only medication that has given me the results I desire.

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I have taken accutaine on three other occassions to treat acne. It is the only medication that has given me the results I desire.
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Reviewer: Tvelazquez9579, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Battled cystic acne since i was 13 (i'm 33), and I'm on my third round of accutane. Round one of the brand name drug worked wonders in 5 months and I was pimple free for two years. Only side effect was constipation and dry skin plus of course the breakout period, then 2 years later I had twin babies and my acne cysts came back in full force. I was put on the generic Clavaris Accutane and it wa ... Show Full Comment

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Battled cystic acne since i was 13 (i'm 33), and I'm on my third round of accutane. Round one of the brand name drug worked wonders in 5 months and I was pimple free for two years. Only side effect was constipation and dry skin plus of course the breakout period, then 2 years later I had twin babies and my acne cysts came back in full force. I was put on the generic Clavaris Accutane and it was pure junk. Did not work at all. Made my acne worse, scarred my entire body, and I had a laundry list of side effects plus scary headaches! My cysts that used to just be on my face had now traveled to my arms, wrists, chest, back, thighs ect it was a nightmare. Plus they got infected and were horribly painful. After 7 months of promises that it would get better, my doc took me off it and has to treat me for a staff infection I had developed from all the open cystic sores that weren't healing. 6 months later I got a new job and moved to another state, saw a new derm for my skin and guess what? Got put on accutane again. I told him of my previous ordeal and he put on my script (my ins company only covers Clavaris) that another particular generic brand was medically nessessary. So now I'm taking Ammnestem and I'm on month 3. Here's what happened with this one, only side affect is dry skin, dry lips and eyes, and some mild constipation. I had the 2 month break out period, but it was not that bad and now everything is starting to heal. I cannot even see the pores in my nose anymore. It's weird. If you have had skin as bad as mine, you would be as amazed as me to see pore free looking skin. Each pore on my nose used to be able to be seen and had junk in it. Now you cannot see anything. The new generic Iis working. Stay away from Clavaris if you can, it was a pure nightmare that left terrible scars on my face and body.
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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I had acne since I was ten and, right off the bat, it was severe. My forehead was covered with angry, red, and pussy zits. There so many that lots of them overlapped so that you couldn't tell which was which. At the time, I didn't really care. I figured it would go away eventually. I tried everything in the book and then my parents spent hundreds on Proactive, which lessened my acne for a time and ... Show Full Comment

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I had acne since I was ten and, right off the bat, it was severe. My forehead was covered with angry, red, and pussy zits. There so many that lots of them overlapped so that you couldn't tell which was which. At the time, I didn't really care. I figured it would go away eventually. I tried everything in the book and then my parents spent hundreds on Proactive, which lessened my acne for a time and then stopped being effective. My mom was worried that I would scar, so she dragged me to a dermatologist when I was fourteen. He immediately put me on an antibiotic, which I took every day for a year. It helped quite a bit, but eventually my acne started fighting back and it was almost back to how it normally was. My dermatologist then suggested Accutane and, at first, I was terribly nervous and scared, but I decided to go for it anyway. I'm so glad that I did. They warned me that I would have a horrible breakout before I got better, but mine was barely noticeable. People also mention that they got scars from all the zits they had during accutane. I didn't. I got dry lips (get Dr. Dan's Cortibalm chapstick!), skin, and a scalp, but it never prevented me from wearing my contacts like it did other people. I also got moderate pain in my knees, but it wasn't anything I couldn't put up with and it went away not even a month after I stopped taking accutane after 7 months. I had no idea that I was so insecure when I had acne, but now that it's gone, I feel as if a weight has been lifted and so much more happy. This drug is a miracle and it changed my life.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I am 29 female took 40mg twice daily for 4 months from march-june. I started having pains right lower quadrant in late july. Went to the doctor I was very tender to press on the area did CT scan they said it was bad constipation which had been a ongoing problem since I took it. I take 2 fiber pills now a day and still having pains. It's october now so my acne are very small compared to the big ten ... Show Full Comment

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I am 29 female took 40mg twice daily for 4 months from march-june. I started having pains right lower quadrant in late july. Went to the doctor I was very tender to press on the area did CT scan they said it was bad constipation which had been a ongoing problem since I took it. I take 2 fiber pills now a day and still having pains. It's october now so my acne are very small compared to the big tender ones i was getting. I have indentations on my face because the pills dry up the oil so bad it can leave more scars than what you see. I wish I wouldn't have taken it I actually miss a little oil in my skin. My R knee hasn't been the same either I guess you can build up calicifications also in joints. I also had tendonitis the first time in August of my left wrist. Dont know if it was related but I thought it was wierd to have all they problems arise after getting of of Claravis for a month.
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Reviewer: Dan, 19-24 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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DON'T TAKE IT!!! Honestly, it's not worth it. My older brother and I had bad acne in highschool so after trying tetracycline our dermatologist recommended low grades of accutane. The drug did it's job and worked great. It cleared up his acne in four weeks. It took longer with mine, about five months. Immediately after I stopped taking the drug I developed severe depression, hair loss, stunt ... Show Full Comment

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DON'T TAKE IT!!! Honestly, it's not worth it. My older brother and I had bad acne in highschool so after trying tetracycline our dermatologist recommended low grades of accutane. The drug did it's job and worked great. It cleared up his acne in four weeks. It took longer with mine, about five months. Immediately after I stopped taking the drug I developed severe depression, hair loss, stunted growth, bowel issues, and a host of problems. On top of all that, my brother is now severely depressed. His case of depression is much worse than mine and it's to the point that he can't hold a job or even leave his house. My health and subsequently my social and work life have all but been destroyed and it sucks. I would rather go back and suffer through the acne and have otherwise great health than do this. I played basketball, soccer, hockey, gymnastics, raced motocross, played rugby, and played baseball. Was a two time mvp in both soccer and basketball, and a one time mvp in hockey. I was in great shape and health and now I suffer from constant fatigue, depression, and other bad things and I'm not even graduated from college yet. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this drug.
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