How bad is accutane for hypo/adrenal young woman?

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My dd has Hashi's....takes Cytomel and has weaned off HC a few months

ago and doing ok.

She wants to take Accutane for her acne. I know! I

know!....horrific. I don't want her to take it but she's an adult

now, and not much I can say or do.

Anyone had experience with this drug? Will it totally fry her

adrenals or thyroid?

I confess I haven't done much research....I tend to want to hear the

opinions of this board first, before beginning all the reading. You

all are always soooo on the mark.

Thanks for any advice or words of caution I can pass on to her.

Naffy

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It absolutely will compound her problems. Accutane is retinoic acid,a

megadose form of vitamin A - Vit A is not water soluble in the body

and is stored in the liver. Those with adrenal/thyroid already have

problems clearing the liver, and hormones, as well as Vit A build up

there, causing more stagnation, toxicity etc.

I used Accutane for about 5 months and towards the end of that

period, I was diagnosed with Graves Disease which set on immediately

after a short period of pseudo cerebri tumor (brain swelling) a nasty

side effect of Accutane. I would never take it again, and I would

advise no one else ever should. It should be illegal.

There are many many issues with this drug - some people's lives have

been devatstated.

Cathy

>

> My dd has Hashi's....takes Cytomel and has weaned off HC a few

months

> ago and doing ok.

>

> She wants to take Accutane for her acne. I know! I

> know!....horrific. I don't want her to take it but she's an adult

> now, and not much I can say or do.

>

> Anyone had experience with this drug? Will it totally fry her

> adrenals or thyroid?

>

> I confess I haven't done much research....I tend to want to hear

the

> opinions of this board first, before beginning all the reading.

You

> all are always soooo on the mark.

>

> Thanks for any advice or words of caution I can pass on to her.

>

> Naffy

>

[Guest guest]

Search for message 33975. Seems like it started his adrenal/thyroid

problems. I would stay away from it.

Barb

>

> She wants to take Accutane for her acne. I know! I

> know!....horrific. I don't want her to take it but she's an adult

> now, and not much I can say or do.

>

> Anyone had experience with this drug? Will it totally fry her

> adrenals or thyroid?

[Guest guest]

Wow...had no idea it was so bad. A lot of her friends have taken it

with no side effects. I'll definitely forward this to her.

Thanks,

Naffy

> >

> > My dd has Hashi's....takes Cytomel and has weaned off HC a few

> months

> > ago and doing ok.

> >

> > She wants to take Accutane for her acne. I know! I

> > know!....horrific. I don't want her to take it but she's an

adult

> > now, and not much I can say or do.

> >

> > Anyone had experience with this drug? Will it totally fry her

> > adrenals or thyroid?

> >

> > I confess I haven't done much research....I tend to want to hear

> the

> > opinions of this board first, before beginning all the reading.

> You

> > all are always soooo on the mark.

> >

> > Thanks for any advice or words of caution I can pass on to her.

> >

> > Naffy

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My son took accutane and had all kinds of bad effects from it. He lost lots of

hair (in chunks). It stayed thin afterwards. It did clear up the acne, but now

(10 years later) he has really dry skin. It basically kills the oil glands -- I

wonder if the skin of these kids will look old prematurely because of that. The

worst effect for him was that it prematurely closed his growth plates. He took

it in junior high and never grew another inch since he took it. He's much

shorter than the rest of the family. Have your daughter google it. She will

read about all of those side effects and more! There is so much info out there

from people who have used it and regretted it. Had I known ANY of this, I would

never have let him use it, but those were the very early days and we didn't

know. (BTW, bilberry is very effective against acne!) Amy

Re: How bad is accutane for hypo/adrenal young woman?

It absolutely will compound her problems. Accutane is retinoic

acid,a

megadose form of vitamin A - Vit A is not water soluble in the body

and is stored in the liver. Those with adrenal/thyroid already have

problems clearing the liver, and hormones, as well as Vit A build up

there, causing more stagnation, toxicity etc.

I used Accutane for about 5 months and towards the end of that

period, I was diagnosed with Graves Disease which set on immediately

after a short period of pseudo cerebri tumor (brain swelling) a nasty

side effect of Accutane. I would never take it again, and I would

advise no one else ever should. It should be illegal.

There are many many issues with this drug - some people's lives have

been devatstated.

Cathy

>

> My dd has Hashi's....takes Cytomel and has weaned off HC a few

months

> ago and doing ok.

>

> She wants to take Accutane for her acne. I know! I

> know!....horrific. I don't want her to take it but she's an adult

> now, and not much I can say or do.

>

> Anyone had experience with this drug? Will it totally fry her

> adrenals or thyroid?

>

> I confess I haven't done much research.... I tend to want to hear

the

> opinions of this board first, before beginning all the reading.

You

> all are always soooo on the mark.

>

> Thanks for any advice or words of caution I can pass on to her.

>

> Naffy

>

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