Accutane for Acne Side Effects - Horrible experience and still having issues
by HSMITH
(North Carolina, USA)
My daughter took this medication and she developed anorexia, depression and severe headaches.
Now...22...and she was 15 when she took this.....a year of accutane therapy has almost taken her life.....She has been to treatment for anorexia and now has to go back........
Accutane took away my sweet girl and gave her depression, anorexia and this did not go away.........there has to be something accutane does to the brain that affects it long term in some patients....serotonin production?
I don't know...but it is lethal and crosses the blood brain barrier. Do not chance it....do not put your children on this drug .....this has been a nightmare for our family........
Thank you so much for sharing you're experience about your daughter's problems with Accutane (isotretinoin). Accutane was originally only supposed to be used for extremely severe cases of acne. But somehow it became the go-to drug for all types of acne/breakout problems.
And, it seems that this drug was controversial right from the beginning. Physician's knew it can cause birth defects....not to mention less serious side effects like hair loss, dry eyes and skin, rashes, headaches, irritable bowel disease, glucose problems and more.
If your daughter's acne is not too severe consider a more organic approach - while it's not an alternative to acne it has helped many people clear up their skin. There is always a money back guarantee if it doesn't work.
Again, thanks for sharing and I hope things improve for you and your family.
P.S. Has your daughter tried the ANSR. It's a laser light therapy that is supposed to be an incredible device to clear up skin. Watch this video facial light therapy for acne.
If you do try it, would you please write me back and let me know how it worked? It's fairly new so I'd like to get more feed back so I can inform others who suffer from acne and breakouts.
