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Don't worry about missing a dose of isotretinoin. It won't hurt you nor will it affect the outcome of your course of therapy. You should speak with your dermatologist regarding this issue to get his or her view on it.
Nope, don't worry about missing one dose. It's totally fine and it happens. You don't need to double up or do anything else, just continue with your normal course of taking it daily and it will be fine.
Most medications leave the stomach after an hour so you should be fine. Additionally, missing one dose of Accutane is not a problem, so please do not worry. Feel better soon.
It's best to consult your prescribing physician with this question. Most likely he or she will want to do a blood panel on you before you add anything else in. That way if anything does change down the line, you'll know what caused it. This is what I usually suggest when patients want to...
Some people are slow to respond to Accutane, and this is unfortunate. Usually these types of patients, though, do not have good responses to any medications, and thus, they just need to be on Accutane longer and a bit higher dosage. Having a worse initial breakout at the beginning is very...
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...
Tanning in general is terrible for your skin and leads to premature aging, skin cancer, and wrinkles, but that point aside, you can stop taking Accutane and go back on it. Beware though that your skin will be more susceptible to burning even if you're not on the Accutane at the moment, but...
The best answer to this is to consult your prescribing physician. I would think just offhand that you won't start all over again, but it probably won't be the 3 month window you would have had left. You might be on it for like 4 months or so but it depends on how bad your acne has gotten...
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