Comments on: For those who have tried Accutane!

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 04:20:48 +0000

The only side effect I had was mild diarrhea for a week or so. The
site warned that this was a possibility. After that time, my body got
used to the B5, and I was fine.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:11:49 +0000

Did you noticed any side-effects while on B5?

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:02:51 +0000

Tim

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:44:53 +0000

Hi,
The B5 hype stems from a study done by a chinese now living in USA,
Leung is his name. He did his study with mega doses of B5, up to 12
grams pr day, combined with a b5 (pantothenic acid) creme. He claimed
this was very helpful against acne. However, he did not conduct any
safety testing, and I would assume that at doses up to 12 grams, the
substance ceases to be a vitamin and the normal pathways are altered.
There is no basis to claim that it is safe long term, I do however
know someone in the USA who has been taking many grams of B5 every
day for around 2 years, with some success, but only some. The last
time I was in contact with him he was considering trying low dose
accutane, but he only wanted to try it if he found it safe enough. He
had previously tried to take large doses of emulsified liquid vitamin
A, but it gave him head aches.

I did try B5 a couple of years ago, but I feel it is not worth it
since b5 is not available in Norway is such doses, and getting it
from abroad it impossible due to high custom/postal taxes and general
expensiveness when taken in megadoses.

Good that you have found a cream that works. Elidel works nicely for
me at the moment, and it is also a non steroid creme, so it can be
used safely for a long time.

Best wishes,

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:35:54 +0000

Hey Mads, have you heard that taking Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) in
moderate doses can reduce the sebum output? Recently it has been used
in acne treatment with great success. This success comes from the
sebum reduction properties of this vitamin. To achieve this you must
take B5 in large doses, but it is perfectly safe, because B5 is
water-soluble vitamin(it is used from the body and the rest it is
dumped, it is impossible to overdose). Do a google seach on it, i’m
sure you’ll find it very interesting.

BTW, I have found a safe way to contol SD. I use ciclopiroxolamine
creme on the face and it works amazing. It put down the symptoms in
four days.It is antifungal, but it differs from others( i have used
ketoconazole without success). It has unique mechanism of action and
most important it provides anti-inflammatory effect similar to 2.5%
hydrocortisone( clinical studies), without side-effects(because it is

not a steroid). To anyone, Do a google seach on it, i’m sure you’ll
find it very interesting.

Take care.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:26:56 +0000

My initial post was to a woman who had discussed with her
dermatologist what the alternatives to control seb derm were.

Low dose accutane is the only thing that will reduce sebum output, in
men, women can take hormones, but that is about it.

It is safe enough to be used in a responsible way.

theoak

By: Adolph Trudie

Adolph Trudie — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:10:44 +0000

I dont give a shit whether or not accutane kills off bacteria. If that pill
can cause birth defects in pregnant women, You can only imagine how safe the
product is…

tony the baloney the one and only

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 19:08:58 +0000

Hi,
With respect, I dont think you know what you are talking about. Low
dose accutane is recommended by Dr Nase (www.drnase.com) because it
has few side effects compared to a regular dose, it has sebum
reducing, antiinflammatory and temperature reducing (locally on the
facy) properties. Accutane does not have a rebound effect.

If you read the link I pasted in the last message, you would see that
low dose accutane is the only known way of reducing sebum output.

Do you have any basis for claiming that accutane kills off good
bacteria? I doubt it. Antibiotics does, hence the name ANTI -biotics,
but that does not have to do with accutane, which is a vitamin a
derivative.

Myself I eat youghurt with probiotic bacteria, because I think it is
good for me, I eat little processed food, I eat fatty fish like
sardines and I drink plenty of water and I work out.

You ask what to do when I go off accutane. Accutane has a lasting
effect as it alters the way some fatty lipids are processed, or so Dr
Nase explained, but I am not an expert here. But a low dose regimen
lasting 6 months may well have benefitial effects for years.

I also said in my post that there are other sebum
reducing "solutions" being developed, that may be on the market in a
couple of years.

Best wishes,

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:42:02 +0000

Hi,
I have been on low diet accutane, 10 mg three times a week since june
this year, combined with Elidel creme. I find accutane works well to
reduce sebum and to calm the seborrheic derm. Check out
www.drnase.com, the worlds leading expert on rosacea, he recommends
low dose accutane. In low dose the side effects are minimal, you
might notice some slightly dry lips. I will probably go off it when I
see my derm in november, and them hopefully the effects will last
well into 2005. Then later in 2005 I might take accutane for a few
months more.
Of course, reducing sugar and drinking water, getting omega 3 oils
through fatty fish etc is good for you, but it wont make an impact on
your seb derm as accutane would. I recommend you try Eilidel if you
havent tried it. It is an antiinflammatory cream with virtually no
side effects.

In sum I do not think, unless you are planning to get pregnant, that
a low dose acutane regimen will be a problem for you, and if you do
one or two of those, then in 2 years time from now there might be
better sebum reducing alternatives out there. They are in
development.

Whoever said that accutane should only be used for severe cystic acne
is wrong, there are several dermatologists who themselves have seb
derm who take accutane at a low dose level.

Take a look at this link to a study on low dose accutane and sebum

show it to you dermatologist. My dermatologist had no problems
putting me on low dose acutane as I told him that was what I wanted
and I knew what it was about.

best wishes,
Mads L Holvik, Norway

By: Mauricio Charisse

Mauricio Charisse — Thu, 26 May 2005 19:23:26 +0000

Tony’s right. Accutane should be used to control severe cystic acne. I would
not use it for seb derm. Try diet and probiotics. I took minimyocin for 5
years for acne and seb derm/eczema. Even a mild antibiotic can cause liver
problems.