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15951 · 01-01-07, 12:36

Please be very careful if you decide to use Acutane, and only use it if your acne is VERY bad. My cousin took this stuff for some upper back blemishes caused by a wetsuit, called his doctor a short time later to report a depression side effect, and took his own life shortly thereafter. He had never been depressed a day in his life before this, and was a firefighter, paramedic, triathlete, and very well off from good fortune with the stock market. He was in his early 30s when he took his life. He had just purchased tickets for a snow skiing trip overseas and had big plans for his life...this was sudden, and not planned.

My uncle (his father) testified before Congress a short time after to speak out against Acutane and the company that produces it (which minimizes the depression side effect to this day), and there are countless cases very similar to this one.

Sorry to bring you down with this, but take this stuff seriously...if it could have that devastating of an effect on my cousin, it could do the same to anyone.

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15951 Registered User 15951 is offline Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 124	Re: Acne! Please be very careful if you decide to use Acutane, and only use it if your acne is VERY bad. My cousin took this stuff for some upper back blemishes caused by a wetsuit, called his doctor a short time later to report a depression side effect, and took his own life shortly thereafter. He had never been depressed a day in his life before this, and was a firefighter, paramedic, triathlete, and very well off from good fortune with the stock market. He was in his early 30s when he took his life. He had just purchased tickets for a snow skiing trip overseas and had big plans for his life...this was sudden, and not planned. My uncle (his father) testified before Congress a short time after to speak out against Acutane and the company that produces it (which minimizes the depression side effect to this day), and there are countless cases very similar to this one. Sorry to bring you down with this, but take this stuff seriously...if it could have that devastating of an effect on my cousin, it could do the same to anyone.