Long term side effects

by Russell Morecroft
(Perth, Australia)

I was 22 when I had one course of accutane. It did the trick regarding the acne, however, 23 years later I have had a prolapsed disc, patella tendon problems to right knee, tendonitus too both elbows and I recently had a 90% tear to my bicep tendon which has now been surgically repaired.

It's only recently that I have been thinking it could be linked to the accutane drug. I'm not too sure as to what to do about it. Is it possible that any drug used to stop or reduce the damage to the tendons may lead to other side effects?

My advice to anyone with acute acne is to try an alternative, most of my problems have taken around 15 to 20 yrs to surface, so for those who are having problems as little as 3-5 yrs later, you could well have extreme difficulties to come.