Who should not take Accutane?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- diabetes
- osteomalacia, or softening of bones
- high amount of triglyceride in the blood
- overweight
- very low levels of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- psychotic disorder
- suicidal thoughts
- alcoholism
- anorexia nervosa
- depression
- pseudotumor cerebri, a condition with high fluid pressure in the brain
- corneal opacity, a scarring disorder that results in clouding of the cornea of the eye
- ringing in the ears
- hearing loss
- inflammatory bowel disease
- blood coming from anus
- liver problems
- acute inflammation of the pancreas
- keratoconjunctivitis sicca, or dry and inflamed cornea and conjunctiva of the eye
- osteoporosis, a condition of weak bones
- pregnancy
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- high pressure within the skull
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