Accutane Long Term Side Effects (Page 62)

I have a son that took accutane 60 mg a day for six months in a row three years ago. Now after many trips to doctors over strange medical problems, it seems accuatne is the culprit medication that has caused servere joint and muscle pain, severe dry lips, redness in face, eye infections of own immune system attacking itself, systems of osteoarthritis in both shoulders, both wrist and right hand, blood in stool, possible hair loss, abnormal liver function test results in AST and ALT. My son went from being a high school football and track athlete while taking this medication three years ago to someone that is in constant pain just washing a car. After I have researched this drug extensively, I can't believe that the FDA allows this drug originally made for cancer patients to be marketed for teenagers with acne. All one has to do is look online what vitamin A overdose does to someone and then you have the results of what this medication has done to my son. This drug needs to be taken off them market ASAP and the drug companies that make it need to compensate all teenagers that they have possible ruined their future. Shame on them! What is going on here?

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It is in my opinion, a very dangerous drug! My son is now 43, but took it when he was 14 or 15 and, he had almost 2 years of seizures, and was a horrible nightmare for several years after! The neurologist could never explain the reason. After a couple of years being on anti seizure med they stopped, and he has never had another one! We blame it on that drug! I would never recommend it to anyone!

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To John Torontocanada:
I don't sell my wine. I buy it. Any red wine will cure acne, along with grapes, raisins, grape juice and any grape product. I have studied Homeopathic medicine for over 25 years. You asked me John, what I do for a living. I had to go on disability in 2003 for Parkinson;s that i got at an early age. When diagnosed, i was told that i had it for at least 5 years longer. Then, I remembered my first symptoms in 1992. Most people get Parkinson's in their 70's & 80's. I joined 5 different studies right away to help find a cure. I lucked out and had a nurse tell me to stay away from one drug that caused the horrible tremors that Janet Reno had. I listened and unfortunately, Michael J Fox didn't. I am still independent and plan on keeping that way via Homeopathic medical care which i found the ones that work the best. My neurologist told me that whatever I'm doing, to stick with it because it's working. When i first went on Parkinson's medications, I asked my doctors if I would have to give up my wine, because I refused to. I asked, them "what's it going to do, give me Parkinson's??? " I told them exactly how much wine I drink daily and I'm NOT about to give up what gives me pleasure and is a help to my heart condition. I'm still enjoying my independence and WINE daily for the past 10 years since my diagnosis in 2003. But, IF you count the time when I noticed my first symptoms in 1992, I'm going on 21 years. I told my neurologist to take me off all Parkinson's meds except one, because all the others gave me so many side effects that i would rather deal with the disease than the side effects of all the drugs. I got my quality of life back and have kept my independence and I KNOW that God gave mankind the knowledgement to find natural cures. I DO NOT sell anything to make money. I just spread the TRUTH for those seeking relief of illness. The wine I drink has NO sugar which will make acne worse. As teenagers, STAY away from SUGAR & CHOCOLATE!!!
I hope I have answered your questions John. I thank you for being honest, I was too.
Jim

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Jim.. I believe wine has helped u.. I don't discredit that.. But sugars arnt the cause of acne and wine and grape products most likely wont get rid of acne.. Exercising is healthy too.. I would recommend that for heart conditions before wine..

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Brandy,

After reading this I have some very similar symptoms.
I'm going to get some information from my doctors to get some sort of time line going. I as well took Accutane when I was in my late teens or early 20's and had UTI's all the time after I stopped.
They went away for a while but in the past 3 years started more frequent and two years ago it was so bad, I had MRI, a scope up my bladder and other visits to have them determine nothing.
If you could share your email address with me I would really like to chat back and forth.
Danielle

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Danielle, How long have you been off the accutane? I am sure if I recall that at one time there was a class action law suit involving it. My son was adult and doing well so he would not partake of the suit. But we went through 2 years of hell as parents because of it. Sure would hate to know other teens suffer like he did..Let me know if I can help you.
Dee

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To johntotontocanada: I beg to differ with you about sugar.
The natural sugars in fruit do not harm the body. It's all the refined sugar that is added to everything. Please look around you. Every teenager has a huge glass of soda which has been supersized. All the frosting on cakes and sugar filled snack food and the preservatives that is in baked sweet food is harming our youth. After you look at all those whom you see eating and drinking all that stuff, take the time to check their faces and you will see more ZITS than you can count. I have tried to stress that anything made from the grape PURIFIES the blood. IF kids snack on donuts, cake that has a half inch of frosting, sweet rolls, and eat absolutely no fruit that is the source of natural sugar, they turn out to be obese with acne. Not all end up obese, but since the introduction of all the chemicals that are injected into chickens & cattle to make them grow fast, and the preservatives put into baked goods, and then we had ALL the fast food places SUPER SIZE their menu, so that now, America has the most morbidly obese people on the planet. When i grew up, i saw one lady who weighed 600 lbs. Now, just go to any Walmart and every single electric scooter has a 700 or 800 lb person sitting in it and the poor transmission is smoking trying to struggle to move them around the store. I go to the VA Hospital and I never thought I would live to see electric scooters in the hallways the size of a John Dere tractor. Fast food before they removed trans fats, were poisoning people to make them become addicted to SUPER SIZED burgers & fries & sugar laden drinks. Now, grade school & preschool kids are morbidly obese and suffering bullying. By the time they are ready to get married, their only choice is another morbidly obese partner, and one wonders how on earth they will manage to have a family. Plus, they have made their life expectancy drop to zero. Exercise has been replaced with video games and high calorie snacks that give ZITS. Pretty soon, our military will be full of FAT people who are only able to push a button. On a battle field, American troops will be sitting targets, the largest targets on earth. Use Doctor Peter Gott's diet of NO SUGAR, NO FLOUR, NO WHEAT!!!! In the mean time, I don't have ZITS or acne because I did it the Homeopathic way of letting ANYTHING from the GRAPE purify my blood. I will sit back and enjoy my wine and listen to sob stories about people who are suffering from acne and got poisoned by Accutane. I may have Parkinson's, but I'm having it with a beautiful complexion.

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Guys I'm feeling good so I don't really feel like debating anymore. haha. I can tell you though just say no to drugs. Sugar is fermentable and is bad. I've been learning or healing from the best natural doctor in the business. Stop sugar stop cancer. stop sugar stop ulcerative colitis. It's all about bacterial exchange, but don't kill to much or the histamines will ravage you like wildebeest. Anyways, I think my suffering is almost over. Grape cure for acne... that's kind of like the miracle juice diet. Real science not the fake pharmaceutical science that says diet doesn't mean anything dictates that sugar causes fermentation and food for bacteria. If you have acne which as we all know is caused by hormones and poor eating habits not "genetics" as the wacko jacko doctors say then just eating alkaline foods should help. Zinc is another legitimate treatment. I would say just topical herbs would be good as well as trying to create a more alkaline system. Not sure of this science behind grapes. I mean yeah resveratrol is a antioxidant, but not sure that would target and kill bacteria survival in an acidic condition. The crazy thing is that teenagers have out of wack hormones due to the milk and meats laced with hormones. Ah man to go back and not have any antibiotics, hormones, or immunizations. It would be a dream world with low crime and happiness everywhere. The birds would chirp and the trees would dance. Our wonderful politicians leaving their mark on generations by allowing poisons to destroy our society. It makes for a wonderful elitist industry, but for angry neurotic and short tempered idiot buffoons. Well I've done my nightly rant. Stay away from lead, fluoride, bpa, arsenic, mercury, hormones, gmo's, and antibiotics. Remember you can crush the industry by avoiding this stuff. Now they will force you to have insurance before they crumble from no customers. Rant over!

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Guys I posted a reply that's coming, but I want you to keep in mind when you avoid sugar your body goes into ketosis. This means it starts eating the fat away for energy(not necessarily bad). I'm on an extremely high fat diet right now(coconut oil or mcts.) Anyways, my thoughts on sugar are coming. Not that I'm an expert. :)

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Dee,
So weird, it's like I'm talking to myself! I'm going to get my records from my dermatologist tomorrow and try to figure it out. I'm not sure, could have been 18-15 years ago.

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@ Jim .. I roughly skimmed through your response.. Yes , some teenagers diets are bad.. Fat people in America .. I get it !! But I know fat people in Eroupe and that are also unhealthy..

Your theory sucks!!! Your sitting back laughing at kids with acne drinking your wine with a clear completion... Lol .. Buddy your messed.. I know kids that eat junk food and drink nothing but soda and have perfect skin and are ripped in great shape.. It's heredity !! End of story!! I eat grapes and blueberries everyday, never drank soda in my life and I had acne.. Just like so many other people I know..

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To johntorontocanada;
John, I don't laugh at anyone who has a health problem. They can laugh at me all they and you want and claim that my 25 years of studying Homeopathic medicine is a joke, like what you just accused me of. The wine i drink has kept my heart in good shape and my cardiologist said the pictures of my last nuclear stress test look great and no reason to put stents in my heart arteries.
You "skimmed" through my last remarks. Most fat people in Europe are half the size of morbidly obese Americans who need to purchase 2 airline tickets to fit in an airplane, not to mention all the extensions for the seat belt. The Mediterranean diet with olive oil keeps their hearts more healthy. You SHOULD know by now that Europeans drink plenty of red wine. Italians, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek and any nation that is NOT Islamic. That's where you will find healthy FAT people. What do you mean, "some fat American kid's diets are bad?" ALL of them are!!! Hereditary my ASS!!! I bet you ate your share of chocolate and greasy fried food and don't have a clue that it caused your acne. I DO NOT sit and laugh at people who are suffering. I give them advice that can help them and STOP their suffering and it's not my fault you ended up with acne and tried Accutane before being harmed with acne, and EVEN IF you would have read my prevention directions, you would have picked Accutane before trying what i have been trying to tell you about. I can NOT take the blame for stupidity when God given help is turned away by someone who KNOWS IT ALL!!! EVERY single person who i have met with acne, I have told them the same thing I have posted here, and their acne has disappeared, and they DID NOT try harmful products like Accutane. I DO NOT take credit for their healing. They can thank God, NOT ME!!!!
My advice to the young generation is: Stay OUT of fast food restaurants!!!! Give UP Soda's and drink only pure fruit juice. Stay away from chocolate until you are in your mid-twenties. DO NOT listen to johntorontocanada, unless of course you want acne and obesity.

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I'm truly warning you, Do not take this medication! I was prescribed accutane in March 2012. I took it for 3 months and stopped after experiencing extremely dry lips and migraine headaches which I haven't had in about 11yrs. It cleared up my acne 100%, but gave me health problems I'd never experienced within this past year like bloody stool, joint problems in my wrists, hands, hip, knees and elbows. I'm a 32 year old Army Vet. and a active Cop, with a great health history until now. Last week my Dr. referred me to a rheumatologist to be evaluated as he is puzzled. Clear skin is amazing, but their are other ways to clear it with a little patience. My career may get cut short as a result of these newly discovered possible long term effects from Accutane. Definately not worth it!

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I am concerned about my son who has taken the generic for accutane (Apsorica).. i was never informed of side effects except for the dry skin/lips..suicide debate was side stepped; i was told by the nurse practioner that people are most likely depressed because they have acne and contributes that to the suicide... my son was taking 30 mg. . 2 times a day... he took it for a total of 47 days..little over 6 wks... i have been researching on how and if i still have time to detox or something.. he is having stomach cramping now but i am not sure if it is from the mild all body detox product that i am giving him... does anyone know if i can still try to get this out of his system before it does more damage? I am not going to stop until i have informed every single person who will listen..

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Diane go to natural doctor. He could be experiencing a detox effect. Best to get him off sugar, wheat, gluten, lactose. Have him eat small amounts of meat and veggies. Let his stomach settle back down. Take a probiotic in morning and night. Take it slow. depending on the detox it could be creating an acidic condition. Try to mantain alkaline system while replacing with probiotic bacteria which is essentially an acid as well.

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Thank you so much!!! I have never been so scared for him in my life. Has anyone ever tried Dr. Oz or The Doctors to get an opinion? I have been sharing this link with anyone who will listen...

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Forgot to mention stay positive. Positivity will reduce acids. If he's in constant pain he needs to try to get his mind busy away from the pain. It's very tough at first. I have also found dgl, chamomile, and lobelia calming for the intestine. Fixing the biology is priority 1, but as it gets fixed try to falsify the happiness to aid the biological recovery. Natural doctors have proven methods that will help specifically target the problem. It is most likely he has too much yeast now. Let the immune system work by healing with food. Vegetable juice is very healing... No fruit

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To Diane:
Please listen to JRAD!!! He knows what he's talking about. ANY liver cleansing capsules will work to detox the harmful crap from the body. I tried to tell John from Toronto how dangerous refined sugar is and wheat and I was going to add gluten, but forgot. Follow the rest of my instructions about natural sugars and stay away from ALL refined sugars. Get your son to a natural (Homeopathic) doctor. Probiotics say on the label to take once daily. My cardiologist told me it's safe to take them 3 times daily cause he also has digestive problems. You can also try digestive enzyme capsules. They are homeopathic and he can't overdose on them.
JRAD said to stay away from fruit, but i disagree. Applesauce or banana's will stop the intestinal discomfort, especially diarrhea . The potassium in bananas will replace the lost potassium if a patient has diarrhea. Both bananas & applesauce , the (unsweetened) will have natural sugars which the body tolerates. KEEP refined sugar out of the diet.

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Check which veg are high in vit A as my son had sweetcorn and ended up in A & E twice as corn is high in vit A. It seemed too much of a coincidence so i dont let him eat certain things like carrots either..

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Thanks everyone for their input and advise... Has anyone ever heard of an envirormental cleasing? I have tried to find a natural doctor and ran up on the man who specializes in herbs... He told me the probiotics and milk thistle is not going to help? My son was only on the accutane for 47 days... and not sure how much damage was done...

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Just checked the ingredients in the Enviro-Detox and it does have the milk thistle and a lot of the other things I have heard talk about on this site. Giving to my son now... KOLN

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