I've been on Accutane 6 weeks. I had some headaches in the beginning, but they went away with ibuprofen. My doctor lowered my dose from alternating 40/80 mg to only 40 mg because she said Accutane can increase pressure on the brain. She said if it continues I'll have to stop it for a month or six weeks. I've had a constant headache lately, but it's mild and doesn't affect my daily activities. Is it increased pressure and do I need to stop? My skin is so much better already, I don't want to stop.
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The recommended dosage is somewhere between 8000-16000 total mg of Accutane. At this point, you have taken 4200 total mg which is probably enough to clear your acne in the short-term but not solve your long-term issues. I would suggest you speak to your physician about it, but in my opinion,...
Hyperpigmentation and overall darkening of the skin would not be due to Accutane. Accutane will make you more sun sensitive, so if you're not protecting your skin well on a daily basis, it can make you get sunburned, which could lead to hyperpigmentation and skin darkening for the short-term...
It depends on the dosage of your Accutane what you can or cannot take, really. I don't have my patients stop taking multivitamins even if they contain Vitamin A because those are usually low mg of Vitamin A. If they take just a Vitamin A supplement (not in a multivitamin), I have patients stop...