Have I taken enough accutane for my weight? I'm 53 kg and 5ft 5? 20mg daily for 11 months

While my patients take Isotretinoin, I recommend that they avoid all additional Vitamin A supplements.  Patients may take a multivitamin if they like, but taking additional vitamin A tablets should be avoided.  Vitamin A, D, E, and K are lipid soluble.  If you take excess Vitamin...

The time it takes isotretinoin to be cleared from the body will vary from person to person. Although most of its by-products should be gone within 10 days after the last dose, the FDA recommends waiting one month before trying to conceive.

Accutane is a go-to medication for patients with recalcitrant cystic acne. It can reduce pore size and also reduce sebum production in your skin, making it less oily; and in turn, dryer. Accutane can be used to control acne, but patients receiving the medication should be carefully monitored. In...

Drinking too much is, by itself, probably not a wise life choice.Drinking with Accutane is even a worse choice as it, as well as other medications, affect your liver.My strong advice would be to hold on the alcohol when on Accutane.

Please see your local dermatologist regarding accutane care but if your acne is bad enough for accutane, then I would not wait for season to change in order to start it. Best regards, Dr. Sapijaszko.

Whether you take Diane 35 or not is up to you and your dermatologist. But if you are a female of child-bearing potential you need to be on 2 forms of birth control anyway if you're taking Accutane. So you might as well make one the Diane 35 that might help you hormonally. "This answer has been...