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Sounds like the anti-acne drug maybe, I can't recall its name but it actually works and has probably saved far more young people from committing suicide have co

Sounds like the anti-acne drug maybe, I can't recall its name but it actually works and has probably saved far more young people from committing suicide have completed difficult so s result of taking it.

fortran77 6y ago
That drug, accutane, was never prescribed to women who could possibly get pregnant. (I took accutane and it was a life-changing drug for me.)
- stormdennis 6y ago
  My daughter was put on the pill first so she could take it.
rjkennedy98 6y ago
>it actually works and has probably saved far more young people from committing suicide have completed Please don't say things like this unless you know. People say the same thing about SSRIs when pretty much every clinical trial says the exact opposite (hence the FDA black box label for both drugs). Accutane causes crazy hormonal changes. I personally know multiple people that ended up in a mental hospital after taking that drug (including my brother).
- stormdennis 6y ago
  I'm sorry about your brother but my family's experience was different and our dermatologist was of the opinion that the risks were exaggerated. I suffered with acne from age 12 to my early 20s. As someone who was pretty awkward anyway, having an acne related nickname in school was pretty much the icing on the cake in terms my negative self image. I never went to parties or discos at all in school, anything at which girls might be present. My kids inherited my skin and roaccutane was transformational for them. Even after the acne dried up I thought they'd be left with scarring but it all went away eventually. I was 100% behind their decisions to take the stuff risks and all. I think that for a boy you can get past acne and its damage eventually, I did, but for a girl the scarring it leaves is devastating.
- DanBC 6y ago
  > when pretty much every clinical trial says the exact opposite No, this is incorrect.

fortran77 6y ago

That drug, accutane, was never prescribed to women who could possibly get pregnant. (I took accutane and it was a life-changing drug for me.)

stormdennis 6y ago
My daughter was put on the pill first so she could take it.

rjkennedy98 6y ago

>it actually works and has probably saved far more young people from committing suicide have completed Please don't say things like this unless you know. People say the same thing about SSRIs when pretty much every clinical trial says the exact opposite (hence the FDA black box label for both drugs). Accutane causes crazy hormonal changes. I personally know multiple people that ended up in a mental hospital after taking that drug (including my brother).

stormdennis 6y ago
I'm sorry about your brother but my family's experience was different and our dermatologist was of the opinion that the risks were exaggerated. I suffered with acne from age 12 to my early 20s. As someone who was pretty awkward anyway, having an acne related nickname in school was pretty much the icing on the cake in terms my negative self image. I never went to parties or discos at all in school, anything at which girls might be present. My kids inherited my skin and roaccutane was transformational for them. Even after the acne dried up I thought they'd be left with scarring but it all went away eventually. I was 100% behind their decisions to take the stuff risks and all. I think that for a boy you can get past acne and its damage eventually, I did, but for a girl the scarring it leaves is devastating.
DanBC 6y ago
> when pretty much every clinical trial says the exact opposite No, this is incorrect.