donjuan87 said:
I'm about to go on accutane, and heard you can't drink alcohol while you're taking it. The reason I'm asking is because I'm in a fraternity, and I have some big parties coming up, and I don't want to be that guy (as in the guy who is sober and is hitting on girls that have been drinking). So does anyone know if you can drink alcohol while you're taking accutane?
Have 1 or 2 drinks
tops, and milk them all night if u can. My doctor told me u can have 1, maybe 2. She also said if u end up having more one night skip a couple doses of accutane afterwards, (and before if u know ur gonna be drinking). Try to avoid that tho, cuz every time i ever skipped a couple doses i would break out a little. It's gotta be a steady thing every 12 hrs for 5 months.
But my recomendation to u is to avoid drinking anymore than 1 or 2. Because ive tried it. One time i had 3 or 4 drinks and i woke up feeling like i would ater 10 drinks. The liver is already being posoined by accutane, it doesnt need to deal with alcahol at the same time. So try to avoid it, 5 months without alcohol is tough, but don't screw up ur body.
On a side note, have u evere taken accutane before? I just finished my 2nd course last week. I took it 2 years ago and it cleared me up great, but about 10 months later my face erupted like crazy so i had to start up again. I think it works great but the side effects do suck and its only temporary. I also get really cranky on that stuff. kinda made me depressed and i was picking fights w people alot.
It also makes ur skin crazy dry and ur lips as well. I had to put on chapstick every half hr. Aside from that, i got strep throat twice, and just an overall cold and cough 6 more times last yr. I am convinced it was from the accutane cuz i never get sick that much. nobody healthy person gets sick that much acutally. I got checked out a few times and nothing was wrong me. I got full physicals, blood tests, etc. Then i did some research and i found that accutane might lower ur immune system.
Who knows, i havent been sick much at all the 2nd yr i was off accutane, but i currently have a sore throat again, and i just stopped accutane last week. Coincidence? I hope so.