I'll try to keep this short. I took a 5 month, 80mg/day course of accutane when I was 15. This kept me clear for around a year. I just finished my second course of accutane 8 month, 40mg/day two months ago. I have already began to notice the condition of my skin begin to deteriorate. How could it happen so quickly? The second course seemed to clean my skin up so well, is it already time for a 3rd course? I am terrified of my skin returning to what it was previously.
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Nope, don't worry about missing one dose. It's totally fine and it happens. You don't need to double up or do anything else, just continue with your normal course of taking it daily and it will be fine.
Most medications leave the stomach after an hour so you should be fine. Additionally, missing one dose of Accutane is not a problem, so please do not worry. Feel better soon.
It's best to consult your prescribing physician with this question. Most likely he or she will want to do a blood panel on you before you add anything else in. That way if anything does change down the line, you'll know what caused it. This is what I usually suggest when patients want to...