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Will Accutane ruin sex for me?

January 8, 2015
Asked By:Carlykay2892 in Las Vegas, NV

I am on my first month of Accutane, so far so good. Today however, I read about a few post accutane users (female) who can no longer have Sex because it hurts so bad, due to accutane drying them up? Even reports of women who, after getting off accutane, never got better. This is making me so nervous, I'm on 40mg, please give me some insight! Thank You!

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