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What Can I Take While on Accutane?

Lynn2569May 9, 2013
I know the basics; no multi-vitamin, no fish oil. My dermatologist just said to be safe don't take anything, but this is not good enough for me. Can I get botox injections? Filler? I am assuming no. Can I take Garlic and Turmeric for my circulation? Selenium? Iron? Zinc? Oxi-Elite?

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F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam)

You can stop the medication. But I would tell you that you need to make sure you are eating a big meal when you take isotretinoin. If you aren't doing that, it's not being absorbed properly.

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F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam)

You need to consult your dermatologist and possibly a neurologist. Seizures are noted as a side effect of Accutane, but they are also noted as a side effect of things like Advil and Tylenol. So, it's hard to say if it was the Accutane, or maybe the heat, drinking, other substances?, weird...

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Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD (retired)

The magic of Accutane is that research chemists were able to take a normally fat soluble vitamin, Vitamin A, and manipulate it into being a water soluble vitamin, Accutane. Normally, fat soluble vitamins are stored in the liver, and can reach toxic levels. The Vitamin A product you are taking...

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