I've been on accutane for 6 weeks at 60mg/day (112 lbs, 22y/o female). After the first month I only had lip and nose dryness. Now I am having moderate-severe joint pain and it's causing problems. My knees are in a lot of pain along with my middle-upper thoracic spine. I have never had a problem with my bones/joints before, and no trauma occurred. I'm willing to deal with the pain for now, but only if it's not permanent. So- is joint pain caused by accutane, and is it permanent? Thank you :)
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Thanks for your
question – and don’t believe everything that everyone posts on-line; they
sometimes are not always true. And in this
case, there is no medical science that supports painful sexual intercourse
following someone being on Accutane that I am aware of or ever heard of in my
25 yea...
Dr. Fox is
absolutely correct – there is absolutely no evidence that Accutane causes
thinning of the skin, so I would not be concerned about this. Do not always believe everything you read
on-line as lots of time it is not true.
And it is not true in this case.
Accutane is often written as a BID medication, but it is fine to take it once daily instead and take the entire dosage at once. In fact, Accutane is best absorbed with the most caloric, fattiest meal of the day. So whichever this is for you consistently is when I recommend you take it. "This...