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This largely depends. Are you on medication for your mild depression and anxiety? What does that prescribing physician think? I've had patients over the years come in with mild depression and anxiety and a lot of it had to do with how they looked. So once we put them on Accutane and they started looking and feeling better, some of the depression and anxiety went away too. So there are definitely some pros to taking Accutane, even if you have mild anxiety and depression. But you need to discuss the situation with your other physician and get his or her take on your Accutane regimen. It might be a better idea, too, for you to take a lower dosage (like 10mg) for a longer amount of time, thus having less of any of the possible side effects from Accutane.
Isotretinoin is not known to cause low blood pressure, and I have not encountered this as a problem in over 12 years of prescribing the medicine. I would discuss with your primary physician about other causes for your blood pressure. Of note, Accutane, the original brand of...
There are many patients whom I put on a low dosage like this for long-term maintenance, but usually after they've already undergone a regular course. It's important to understand that the purpose of taking Accutane is to get a minimum mg of the medication into your system to combat your weight...
When my patients do not feel they are improving on Accutane, they are almost always referring to the left-over red color in every spot where they had previous lesions. From a distance, it looks like a continuing break-out, but the skin is soft and lesion-free. This is left over color after...
This is a rare side effect from Accutane. You can always move back down to the 20mg a day, but you'll be on the medication longer. Or you can just take Advil or Motrin or Aleve daily too with the 40mg. But if you find you're taking a lot of that for muscle pains, it's probably best...
Almost all patients who take Accutane experience worse outbreaks as they are first on the medication because the pores are changing. This is a necessary step in the eventual improvement of the skin. 5 months is a bit long for this to last, unless you are taking an extremely low dose and it's...
While on Accutane or isotretinoin, your liver enzymes my elevate. Many meds can do this.Infections such as viral hepatitis can do this as well. If you consume excessive or chronic alcohol your liver may also become inflamed and your liver enzymes my subsequently elevate...
