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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 After I have researched this drug extensively, I can't believe that the FDA allows this drug originally made for cancer patients to be marketed for teenagers with acne.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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Scott,

I wasn't trying to be rude or anything I was just trying to make a point about how your appearance can affrect your quality of life. My acne may not yave been as bad as his disease but it still ruined my life. I felt so ugly that I avoided mirrors, stopped hanging out with my friends, and at times I would cry at how bad I looked. Not to mention I would sometimes have to endure stares and very terrible comments when I did go out. The worse thing that happened to me was I tried to say hi to a guy from my college and he told me never to speak to him in public again while he looked at me in disgust. By the way I am not talking about regular teenage acne and accutane. Also it is not just teenagers who take Accutane there are people who experience sudden cystic acne is their late 20's and even older. Not to mention older people taking it for rosacea.

I did not mean to be rude to dymy. I apologize.

Anthony,

I know the bubble man is much worse than severe acne but I was just trying to make a point on how you appearance can affect your life and that you should not dismiss something as not being serious because you see it as being cosmetic. If you would go to the acne.org forum and read some posts on the emotional and psychological section you will be shocked at how much it bother a lot of people. By tthe way when I watched the special on the bubble man it was mentioned that the tumors are benign but they are uncomfortable especially during the summertime. As far as suicide is concerned I was just trying to give another explanation. There was a study done on Norwegian teenagers with severe acne and have not taken Accutane. The teenagers with severe acne were twice as likely to feel suicidal than the other teenagers. I have also read suicidal posts on the acne.org support forum. Based of that information and how I was feeling I believe it is not unbelievable that some of those suicides was caused by acne. For most peple with acne there are other things that can work but before Accutane my case would have been hopeless.
I cannot imagine having to wait years until it goes away only to be left with scars that look like potholes.

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Hello again everyone and thanks for your comments in regards to my stepson. Let me just say that I might have overstated myself in saying he was the most popular kid in school, but replace it with one of the most popular kids in school...and that was WITH severe acne. He did say that the acne affected his self-esteem to some degree, but did not start the crying spells and such (as reported by his mother) until he was on the medication...Amnesteem. He had many friends and had a nice girlfriend of a year as well and all that was WITH acne. He had no social problems, was very outgoing, a star athlete, was being recruited on a high school and college level for baseball... in other words, he had it all and that was WITH acne. All of this changed after he started the medication. So, before the meds=normal, after the meds started=not normal. Now, I must also clear things up in saying that the Amnesteem did in fact clear his acne...so social and self esteem problems due to acne in itself I believe was not a contributing factor to his suicide. Let me also give it to you straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak...on the day the doctor removed him from the medication it was by his request. He told them, "I would rather have acne than feel like I do." This comment was in reference to all the side effects he was experiencing as given in my previous post.

At first when I read Brittany's post, I was angry. I'm not anymore though, and it was actually good for me to be challenged in that way. But I think people just think it will never happen to them. Matter of fact, I know people think that because I'm a RN in a level 2 trauma ER. I just hope for Brittany that she will never have any of these long term side effects.

Let me close today's post with this assignment, if you will...for those of you that are in favor of this drug remaining available. It's easy to dismiss someone as just another statistic, even if that statistic is a death...that goes along with the "it will never happen to me" theory and I myself rationalize those types of stats all the time in my job. You have to be a little "hard" to work in healthcare...it really is a fine line that I walk between compassionate and b***h. Ha! But just humor me here and think of the three people you love most in the world...for me it was my stepson, my biological son, and my husband. Now imagine one of those people dead...one that was a completely normal person before taking a medication and became someone else afterward. Even if you don't think of them as being gone, imagine them having just one of these problems all of these people are talking about on this web site.

I don't mean to be so dramatic, I just want for people to be safe and LIVE. It's part of who I am...it's what I do for a living. I save people. I couldn't save my stepson, but if something I said...some stupid post on a web site...if that could save someone else...well, you know the rest.

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Lou,
Thank you I willcheck it out. My first appointment with the naturopath is Monday. Wish me luck because if it doesn't work my life is over.

Scott,

I do not think Brittany was trying to be rude. She was just saying that the chances of suicide is low. The numbers is low considering that at least 12 million have taken this drug. The bubble face man comparison may have been over the top but it is an example what you look like determining your life. My severe cystic acne is the reason why my girlfriend broke up with me, why I don't have any friends in college, being bullied by my coworkers and the customers, and etc. I am so tired of living like this. My life has definitely gone down the toilet.I can't blame Brittany for her comments about Accutane since she had the worst form of acne ever. Nobody is talking about regular teenage pimples we are talking about nodules and cyst everywhere.

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Scott and Anthony,

Brittany did give condolences to DYMY so she wasn't trying to be rude even though it might have seemed that way. She should have made her point in different words The point is that you shouldn't say never take Accutane because it's far from a guarantee that you will have severe symptoms let alone commit suicide. Also Brittany should have made a different comparison than the bubble man. A better comparison should have been severe psoriasis which is sometimes treated with Accutane too. You say that Brittany is ignoring your point but what about the point she and others have made. The point is that skin diseases like severe acne are often devastating emotionally, psychologically, and socially. So when you say that Accutane is just clearing teenage acne you are being ignorant of how bad the disease can get. According to a study in 1984 some of the first takers of Accutane had cysts so disabling that nobody would hire them. There is a huge difference between that and a few pimples.

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Bro needs help:

I am 20 years old and I took Accutane when I was 19.

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I have to agree again with bro needs help here. Maybe it's the cynic in me but it really seems to be an accurate breakdown of the drug. It truly is poison. We are overdosing severely on vitamin A for sometimes a full year. And then it effectively "shuts down" your sebaceous glands that are a large cause of acne. But how could it be? How could accutane magically only affect our skin and acne? I was so ignorant to take it and expect nothing bad to come after. I was on minocycline for 2 and a half years and developed blueish gray hyper pigmentation all over my body and in my mouth. Still, I was blinded by my lust for clear skin.

@ Lana -I am fully aware of emotional side effects caused by acne itself. I suffered for years with nodular and cystic acne, all over my body as well. Very few people with a few pimples have probably ever even requested accutane. I never became what I would consider depressed until after taking accutane, and this was with clear skin! Is it merely a coincidence? Maybe, but I don't believe it. My point is that I really don't believe anymore that accutane is the end-all last-resort option that I once did. I was one of many that brushed it off like nothing bad would happen to ME. It's easy to do something at the time without considering consequences that may affect onself 5 years down the road. Hell, even if I were told about the potential for long term side effects I probably would have done it at the time because I could not empathize with anyone suffering from the problems that I do now.

So let me ask you accutane supporters, would you rather try to treat severe acne using other natural methods or potentially deal with: severe dry eyes that impair and affect your everyday life, suffer from a dry nasal passage that makes breathing difficult, a dry and clenched throat which also makes eating/breathing a challenge, stiff and sore joints and back which make a man in his twenties feel over twice his age, digestion and intestinal problems that make taking a crap a literal pain in the ass, tooth sensitivity, problems with depression or anxiety and all the while still dealing with occasional acne or newly developed skin conditions and thin, aged skin that stem from dryness caused by the toxicity in the first place. These are some of the many things that I have started to deal with and let me tell you I can hardly focus on my "clear" skin because of the rest of the issues with my body. You won't know what your affects will be until it comes. I couldn't empathize with anyone until now. The coolest part is I can now empathize with old people, because most of these problems don't occur until you're older! The silver lining in all of this is that I am not dealing with bad acne on top of everything else. That would be the knockout blow.

My initial reason for joining this topic was definitely not to argue or debate, but I won't back down from trying to help others not make the same mistake that I did. And Brittany I am also curious about your age and story too. Please share, because I do welcome stories from everyone of course. Thanks for the good discussion.

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To: Usedtohavealife,

I read your story and my heart goes out to you and all the others whose lives have been ruined by this poison, Accutane.

I took Accutane back in 1984 as a 24 year old man that had acne left over from my teenage years. It was the typical teenage acne but, I would not have classified it as "severe". Yet, I was prescribed this poison by my Dermatologist as a cure all for my acne. It did clear up my face while I was on the drug but, I still get acne to this day. When I do get acne now, it is usually of the cystic type and it's not always on my face. I've had several places on my back develop and one got to the size of a small chicken egg before I had it removed surgically. I do understand that "severe" cases of acne can affect you mentally and can lower your self-esteem. However, these doctors today are prescribing this drug and many others to people who with time will outgrow their acne. My gosh, just let nature take its course. After reading here how teens are being given this poison as early as 13 years of age when their bodies are still maturing, is just stupid! The doctors get kick backs from these drug companies to push their pills. Sadly, it's all about making money to alot of them these days. If I could go back 30 years I would NEVER take this drug! Unfortunately, I can't go back. So, I have to learn how to live with this hell! When my doctor first told me about Accutane they gave me a pamphlet about the drug. It had before and after pictures in it of people that had "SEVERE" cystic acne. I did not fall into that category. The pamphlet also spelled out, Brittany, the side effects, both short & long term, of using the drug. Those side effects are the same ones that I hear from all the people that have posted on this blog. They are not just a coincedence!! I remember some of those side effects that were listed such as dry skin, gastrointestinal problems, mental issues and bone/joint problems. These were all spelled out in the literature that I was given on the drug PRIOR to beginning the treatment. I read the pamphlet and told myself those side effects would never happen to me. I just blew it off, went on and took the poison and now have suffered the consequences for almost 30 years!! My problems that I deal with are bad enough but, not as bad as some I read on here. I only stayed on Accutane for 3 months and did not go the full 6 months treatment due to the severity of the side effects I suffered while taking the drug. I got nose bleeds almost everyday while taking Accutane and of course had the dry lips and skin also. I think by only taking the drug for 3 months vs 6 months it has lessened the severity of my long term side effects but, they are still present. I have struggled with various gastrointestinal issues since being on Accutane. I have degenerative disc disease in my spine and neck. Since taking Accutane I have sensitivities to many foods I used to eat with no problem. I have had facial flushing that comes and goes which I attribute to Accutane. This problem has been getting worse in the last month. People are always asking me why my face it so red. You know, have you been in the sun alot?? The past year my digestive issues have gotten worse and now the doctor thinks I may be Gluten intolerant. To compound that my bones are aching alot more than normal and I have developed tendonitis in my left shoulder that is causing constant pain down my left arm. That has been going on since Nov 2012. I don't mean to bring gloom and doom but, the effects of Accutane use just seem to continually get worse for me with the passage of time. The best advice I can give is to try to eat right and stay away from unnecessary drugs. Stay natural as much as possible.

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Justin,
My wife had acne when she was young and I still found beauty in her. Her acne did not clear up till she was in her thirty's. One of my three sons, all now in there 20's ended up with severe cystic acne and took Amnesteem ( generic Accutane ). I can't imagine how it effected his self esteem because when I was a teenager, my acne, which was never severe for long periods of time also is the only thing I seen when I looked in the mirror. I could feel the pain my son had with his cystic acne he had. Hang tough and don't give up finding a way to help you with your cystic acne. One great thing about it, is that for allot of people, once they get through their adolescence age, acne can clear up on its own. Please be strong. We all are thinking of you. Try the candida diet and many other cures that has helped others out on this site.
From the Heart,
Scott

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Thank you Scott and everybody else for the advice,

I will be visiting the naturopath Monday. If that doesn't work out then I will take your advice. Thanks a lot and I should be back soon to give you an update.

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Anthony,

Since you are curious I will tell you more about experience with acne and Accutane. I should tell first tell you about my life before I developed severe acne conglobata. I had a very nice complexion with only one or two small pimples a year. I was a beautiful, confident girl who that had absolutely no problems making friends or getting a date. Then in July of 2011 I began to break out very badly around my jawline and it got worse each day until it covered my entire face. When I tried going to dermatologists they would give me all kinds of lotions, gels, and pills but nothing stopped my horrible acne. Both of my dermatologists had told me that I was the worst case they had ever seen and that they had no other treatments for me. I even tried alternative medicine by changing my diet and using a detox tea but nothing worked for me.

When I developed acne conglobata my life changed for the absolute worst. The acne was painful physically, emotionally, and socially. My cysts were very painful especially when I did anything moving my face like eating. In addition to pain my cysts would sometimes pop and leak pus. However, the physical pain was not nearly as bad as the emotional and social pain that I experienced. All of my self esteem and confidence was gone. I could not stand to look at myself in the mirror and some nights I would cry asking God for a cure. You could not have imagined the amount of shame and self loathing I felt for almost a year.

When I went back to college for my sophomore year I was treated a lot differently than before. Nearly everybody would stare or turn away when they saw my face. People were not nearly as friendly to me as when my face was clear. I even overheard two people I thought were my "friends" saying horrible things about my appearance behind my back. In a nutshell they said that they could not understand how I had gotten so ugly over the summer and that I needed proactiv times 1,000. Needless to say I was devastated and I did not leave my apartment for a few days. It was even worse when I went to other places. People again would stare at my acne sometimes in disgust. However, I would sometimes have to deal with people calling me ugly, asking what happened to my face, and etc. The worst thing that ever happened to me was when my mom convinced me to eat with her at our favorite restaurant. While we were in line waiting to get seated a man looked at me and said, " You should not be in restaurant until you something about your face." "People are trying to eat and the last thing we need is your face spoiling our appetites." Well I started to cry and I ran out the restaurant with my mom chasing me. I cried all the way home and into the night. After that I stopped going out except to go to class and sometimes I skipped classes because I didn't want to be seen that day. As result my grades started to decline and I was placed on academic detention.

My entire life was falling apart because of severe acne but I could not get rid it. My life seemed hopeless until my mom suggested that I try to contact The Doctors. Well I went on their website and luckily for me they needed guests that were suffering from embarrassing medical conditions. I wrote in praying that at least I would get some medical advice that could help me. My prayers were answered when I was told I would be one of the guests that would appear on the show. In August 2012 I appeared on The Doctors and it was the greatest day of my life. Dr. Travis Stork reassured me in front of the audience that I was not ugly, disgusting, or worthless. You can not imagine how much that comment alone uplifted me. Dr. Sandra Lee the dermatologist did some treatments on me and suggested that I should take Accutane. The show had set me up with a dermatologist in my hometown so I could continue my treatments. My dermatologist again had strongly suggested that I should take Accutane since I had a very aggressive form of acne called acne conglobata which is not only very difficult to treat but is notorious for leaving disfiguring scars. So I was put 60 mg a day for 6 months along with cortisone shots with laser treatment. While on Accutane I experienced dry lips, eyes, and some joint paint which all went away after I finished my course.

I have to be honest and say that Accutane has given me my life back. When I had acne conglobata I was not myself but only a pathetic shadow of my former self. I am now able to be the person I once was before my acne. When I go to class or anywhere else I no longer have to fear how people will react to my face. I no longer avoid seeing friends and family because I am ashamed of my appearance.

If I did not have Accutane available to me I couldn't have had the chance the enjoy a normal life. I would have had to deal with the stares, the insults, and social prejudice for life. There are a lot of myths about acne that the public believes. They assume that it's your fault for being unhygienic or eating the wrong foods. As a result they believe that they have the right to stare, to criticize, and mock you when they see your acne. Not to mention that I would have had a hard time looking in the for the rest of my life.

My uncle who is my father's older brother started to suffer from very severe acne at the age of 17. Since he was 17 in 1971 he of course did not have Accutane available for him. My father witnessed his confident older brother become a shell of his former self. He was relentlessly bullied in school and was the victim of snide remarks in public. My uncle had tried everything but nothing worked. His acne had improved significantly by the time he was in his late 20's but it was too late since my uncle's skin was severely scarred. When I say scarred I mean it's worse than any result from searching acne scars. I only met my uncle once when I was 14 years old while my dad and I were at a gas station. When I met him I was glad to meet him but I also wondered the entire time what had happened to his face. I could tell that he was ashamed of his scars because he could barely make eye contact with me.Later I asked my father if my uncle was in an accident and he explained to me that those were scars from severe acne.

After my acne cleared I was able to surprise my father with my clear skin. My father actually had tears in his eyes because he was so happy for me. We started to talk and somehow we started to talk about my uncle. My father had told me that sometimes he could not sleep at night when I had acne because he worried that I would have had to deal with severe acne for at least a decade and scarring like my uncle did. He wondered how different my uncle's life would have been if he had Accutane available in the 1970's. He speculated that my uncle would have been married and would not have been a truck driver. He knew for sure that my uncle would have been a lot more confident and been more willing to be around family.

In my opinion Accutane should be available to those with severe acne. Yes there are other drugs but they either not effective or you relapse as soon as you get off them. I know about the possible side effects but a person should be able to decide for themselves whether or not the benefits outweigh the risks. You can have more warnings but at the end of the day you should have that option open to you. The drug may be risky but it's seriously the only chance of living a normal life if you suffer from very severe acne. Let's get real it's very hard to live a normal life when your face is like this or deformed in any way.

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P.S Anthony Accutane is used in mild or moderate acne. In fact most prescription go to moderate acne instead of severe acne.

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Anthony,

I was trying to post more about my experience but my post isn't up yet. Maybe I should try again in a few days.

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No problem Brittany. I noticed your age after I posted. I stopped my course at the age of 20 (4 years ago), so similar to you in terms of when we stopped. It wasn't until 23 years old that I really noticed some more debilitating problems.

My eyes are what bother me most. I really hope that nothing happens for you. I thought I was clear and after I stopped the meds it was only a matter of time before I recovered. Well unfortunately I think the real damage doesn't show for a while. Best wishes to you.

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"if you cared about your children you should have researched the effects of accutane BEFORE you let your kid take it thats what my mom did".
Boy, Miranda Moore, those are some harsh words spoken to mothers of teens who took Accutane. Good for your mom, but I would seriously think a little harder next time you make a statement like that. Do you honestly think all of the moms of the people suffering here didn't care about them as teenagers being tormented by self-esteem-crushing acne?
I was one of those teens and, in my eyes, my mom cared about me so much she wanted to do all she could to make me feel okay about myself.
As for your remark, "its not like you can't read up about the stuff on the internet"- Yes, it was like that in 1988. Do your homework and stop judging others!

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Hi Brandy, I hope this finds you well and that you have some idea of what you're dealing with now. I'm truly sorry to hear sbout your struggle. I find your experience to be very similar to mine. I took Accutane about 1994-1995, toward the end of highschool. My dermatologist wanted to try accutane after I'd tried antibiotics and creams. I began having symptoms about a year after I stopped taking accutane. I had no previous bladder issues or pain. I still remember what my dermatologist told me about accutane, it will continue to dry you out for at least a year after you stop taking it. The symptoms were and still are like a UTI every day, although I've never come up positive for a UTI. Nighttime is the killer for me, the pain causes me alpha-delta sleep disorder. Basically, the pain interferes with my restorative sleep, which means I get an extremely poor quality sleep and feel both in pain and exhausted to start everyday) After years of testing, procedures, treatments, and surgeries while seeing 2 "top" urologist who I was referred to in the medical center in Houston, both specialist threw up their hands and said "sorry we have nothing more to offer you" and never mentioned Interstitial Cystitis. It wasn't until about 5 years later, I'd given up finding answers, my GP referred me to another urologist. He diagnosed immediatly me with IC after my initial consultation during which we only discussed my symptoms and history. He did a hydrodistention later, at the point he saw cracked and bloody tissue and sent a biopsy to the pathologist. The pathologist found it consistent with IC. I was prescribed Elmiron for IC 4 different times since the IC diagnosis. Each time taking the medicine for over one year, but to no avail. I moved a couple of years ago. Since moving I've been diagnosed interstitial cystitis by another urologist. My current urologist calls it chronic cystitis of the bladder, he avoids calling it IC. The only thing I've found that helps to lessen the intensity of symptoms somewhat is diet. I've followed the IC diet for 2+ years. Actually, I'm not eating nightshades or gluten. I recently cut rice out too, I want to see if it could be contributing inflammation to my body/symptoms. Accutane causes damage in many patients GI, it is not a stretch to see similar effects to the similar tissue in the GI. Both are mucus membranes, which I dried as a result of this medication. The pharmacy and doctor warn accutane will dry mouth, lips, nose, eyes. If accutane will cause cracked and bleeding lips and dryness throughout the body, it makes sense of my "cracked and bloody bladder". I feel this is why the IC diet works. A diet low in acidic foods and low in anything that could be an irritant to sensitive tissue would make sense if the lining of the bladder had been compromised. It's like a wound that does not heal. My life has been severely effected by these symptoms/side effects. I am interested in a legal settlement for damages, but firms involved in case suits are to my knowledge only taking clients who suffer from 3 specific GI diseases/disorders, no bladder cases. How is your condition? I wish you healing and peace.
William

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I found this thread tonight while searching for information on Accutane because of my niece. She took this medicine for six months last year - she was twelve years old. She became extremely depressed during the treatment and seemed to become a different child. She completed the course of treatment and her acne was completely cleared up. She seemed like she was herself again when I was around her. She was admitted to a psychiatric hospital today - evidently she has been having psychotic episodes. I can't help but think it has to have something to do with this medicine. She was a perfectly normal, happy-go-lucky seventh grade girl before she started taking this. Could the medicine still be in her system or is this a permanent side-effect? I think she's been off of it about six months now.

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Just to circle back to the OP, Scott it has been almost 4 and a half years since you started his topic. What is he update on your son? Very curious. Thanks for sharing and I hope you see this.

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Terrified Aunt.. Being a chemo drug unfortunately it is loke a short circuit in the brain and body.. Cells are destroyed along with more sensative nerves etc. diet does play a part & can worsen symptoms. The drug is equivalent to a vit A overdose.. My son got worse with head pain etc after eating sweet corn which is hugh in vitA. My heart goes out to the young girl and her family.. Cut out processed foods etc is a way forward. Good luck & keep us posted x

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Hello terrified aunt. my prayers go to you and your family member suffering from this horrible drug. My younger brother took this medicine 7 years ago. Im not really sure how much he took but im quite sure he took it for more than 2 courses. On his 24th birthday, he spent his birthday at the psychiatric ward. He had schizophrenic episodes. I feel really bad for not having been there for him to support him and to tell him not to take accutane coz he was not with the family and was abroad in canada for studying. from a good student and a super athlete, he is now super thin and can barely do any round houses. he was on his way to becoming a black belt and was super energetic, to now a quiet, and having difficulty understanding the normality of life. He has completely lost it and i feel bad and want to really find out a way to ban this drug for life. we do not have any history in the family of schizophrenia and we were all puzzled that when he came home to us he had wild depression and couldnt even lift his head or talk straight. its so sad that a young kid has to go thru this and not live a normal life. Its been more than a year now that he is on psychotic meds. I pray that he can recover but it seems that the wild side effects are permanent. I hope the doctor that gave him this prescription suffers a great deal somehow. Of course life is filled with regrets. I hope people can learn from the mistakes of others and that everyone have the strength to fight this battle. Hope your family member recovers from this setback. vitamin A poisoning is serious and I sure hope there is a cure aside from the wild meds he is given. He can barely function with all the olanzapine and other stuff they give him. he has been on tons of psychotic meds and all in all, i can say that he functions better on just olanzapine. Please keep us posted on how she is. its going to be a very long battle so please stay strong.

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Terrified Aunt,
So sorry to hear about your niece. It is my understanding Accutane or its generic brands can not be given to anyone under 14 in USA. Also she should of been placed on birth control meds to prevent pregnancy. Where do you live,
May God Bless,
From the Heart,
Scott

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Hi Anthony,
Thank You for asking about my son. He will be 23 years old next month. He has been through many test and seen many specialist. But NO DOCTOR will admit Amnesteem had anything to due with his current health problems. He graduated college with two majors and currently working full time for a cell phone company.
His spirits are usually good, although he has been very hard to read since taking Amnesteem. He, like so may others on here was a excellent athlete but now left with daily aches and pains even to wash a car. He was operated on for Compartment Syndrome 4 years ago on one leg. He was unable to walk without pain prior to his operation. From me taking him over a three state area over the last 8 years looking for guidance for health care with No help from anyone, he mostly keeps his daily pains to himself. He still has blood from his colon from time to time but doesn't like to talk about it. He also started to have abnormal hair loss about a 8 months after his 6 month treatment. He shaves his hair short now. I would recommend to anyone that has bone or joint pain to see if your doctor will order a full body bone scan. This was done and it showed arthritic changes in both shoulders, both wrist and right hand . This was done about 5 years ago. At least we have a starting point on why he has aches in same places bone scan showed problems and we can use these scans to compare them in years to come. I wish he could exercise more than he does for his overall health. We have learned to take one day, week, month at a time hoping his health will not get worse. He has Irritable Bowel Syndrome and has to watch what he eats. He like so many others, has so many of the side effects that an overdose of Vitamin A does to the body and so many copy cat diseases that his doctors can't or won't explain.

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