Ok, I took accutane for the full course (which is like, 6 or 8 months, I forget). It worked perfectly. I didn't have horrible acne, it was only on my face, actually. I guess I wasn't particularly at risk. After taking my initial blood test, the doctor said I had the
cholesterol of "a
Tibetian vegetarian guru", and needless to say, I didn't suffer much in the way of like,
liver failure. I didn't, to my knowledge, become
clinically depressed either.
Seriously, the FDA is not that negligent. If accutane had any sigificant chance of harming people (as in, greater than 0.001%) it would not still be on the market. It's been around since the 70s, and had it any serious short- or long-term side effects, it would've been yanked. Yes, there about 50 warnings on the package about women during pregnancy, but once it's gone, it's gone. No harm done. I haven't had any significant acne since I took it, several years ago. The only side effects I experience were dry lips and facial skin. For me, that was quite a fair price to pay for not having to deal with rather prominent facial acne.