Well where do we even start. My brother came across a connection between accutane and UC on the internet. I did a little search and instantly came across this one. I have always felt that Accutane was a cause for my UC but have never mentioned it to my Gastro Dr.
I took accutane when I was 20 I am now 24 and experiancing a lot of health problems. I have been diagnosed with UC for 3 years. I took accutane if i can remember correctly from about Jan 99' to May 99' I thought it was a miricle drug..I had no side affects at the time and My acne was cured about 99% THat summer i can recall haveing some blood in my stools but I never mentioned it to anyone. That fall I distinctly remember was when I started getting adominal cramping and urges to go to the bathroom. I just delt with it because it was only occasional. I did that for a very long time. Keeping it secret even to girlfriends and family about the suffering I was experiencing privately. I had kept to myself do to the embarressment of the nature of haveing occassional blood and loose stools all the time. Well I had gone from 160 healthy pounds to 139 within 10 months at which time I had my appendix removed due to an appendicitis where they discovered that I was anemic from the blood loss that I had kept secret. I was no longer able to hide. Within a week I was at a G.I. and went through all the tests and was diagnosed as having Ulcerative Colitis and was put on Asacol and a couple other treatments throughout the years. None of which have helped all the much. I deal constantly with the thought of pain. Where is the nearest bathroom? I can't go on trips just simply because of the huge inconvienance. I have developed lately joint pains in my shoulders for absolutely no reason..not from any injury. Being told that I have UC , no known cause, no cure, only treatment as an answer is indescribable. I have always been known as being a really heathy person. Now I suffer everyday, 24hrs days 7 days a week and what I am told will be rest of my life. I wake up a few times during the night just to go to the bathroom. The next step in my treatment would be to take Prednisone which has very well known side effects and I am no where near close to taking that, in my mind.
There is plenty more to say but this was an introduction.
To even think that accutane may have been the cause of my suffering boils me. After years now I have thought it was something that there was nothing that I could have done to have prevented this from occuring. I would trade everything I have 1000 fold to get my health back. Acne doesn't cause you to be sick. Acne cause loss of character growth due to lack of self confidence which is what I was looking for when I went on accutane from haveing Cystic Acne. If accutane caused my UC it was not worth loosing acne to gain this. NOT WORTH ANYTHING no value
I took accutane when I was 20 I am now 24 and experiancing a lot of health problems. I have been diagnosed with UC for 3 years. I took accutane if i can remember correctly from about Jan 99' to May 99' I thought it was a miricle drug..I had no side affects at the time and My acne was cured about 99% THat summer i can recall haveing some blood in my stools but I never mentioned it to anyone. That fall I distinctly remember was when I started getting adominal cramping and urges to go to the bathroom. I just delt with it because it was only occasional. I did that for a very long time. Keeping it secret even to girlfriends and family about the suffering I was experiencing privately. I had kept to myself do to the embarressment of the nature of haveing occassional blood and loose stools all the time. Well I had gone from 160 healthy pounds to 139 within 10 months at which time I had my appendix removed due to an appendicitis where they discovered that I was anemic from the blood loss that I had kept secret. I was no longer able to hide. Within a week I was at a G.I. and went through all the tests and was diagnosed as having Ulcerative Colitis and was put on Asacol and a couple other treatments throughout the years. None of which have helped all the much. I deal constantly with the thought of pain. Where is the nearest bathroom? I can't go on trips just simply because of the huge inconvienance. I have developed lately joint pains in my shoulders for absolutely no reason..not from any injury. Being told that I have UC , no known cause, no cure, only treatment as an answer is indescribable. I have always been known as being a really heathy person. Now I suffer everyday, 24hrs days 7 days a week and what I am told will be rest of my life. I wake up a few times during the night just to go to the bathroom. The next step in my treatment would be to take Prednisone which has very well known side effects and I am no where near close to taking that, in my mind.
There is plenty more to say but this was an introduction.
To even think that accutane may have been the cause of my suffering boils me. After years now I have thought it was something that there was nothing that I could have done to have prevented this from occuring. I would trade everything I have 1000 fold to get my health back. Acne doesn't cause you to be sick. Acne cause loss of character growth due to lack of self confidence which is what I was looking for when I went on accutane from haveing Cystic Acne. If accutane caused my UC it was not worth loosing acne to gain this. NOT WORTH ANYTHING no value
