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Accutane only stays in your system for 30 days. Your body doesn't store it. That's why you have a 30 day follow up with a pregnancy test. My dad is a dermatologist and I was on accutane. If you're taking it right now you should be on two forms of birth control.
Accutane (acne medication)
So I was taking accutane for 2 years (one year on one year off then on for almost a year) i just recently started having sex with my boyfriend and we were planning on not using condoms any more since they're too hard for us to get and I don't want him to be scared about the even more harsh possibilities of me getting pregnant since some side effects are depression and birth defects (child can be born with one eye, one ear, so on and so forth) so it stays in your system for 3-6 years. Would these add up like since I was not taking the medication for one year that would make it last 2-5 years and since I took another dose it would add together and make it last 5-11 years?? Ik this is hard to understand and I don't want anyone saying anything about me not being able to get condoms easily, isn't this supposed to be non judge mental?? But if anyone can help that would be great! I wanna go on the medication but my boyfriend wants to wait until the medication completely out of my system before having unprotected sex or trying for a child.
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Fa
That would be a question for your doctor. I get really depressed on certain birth controls and I never took it while I took accutane
Zo
One last thing. Would it be stupid if I asked to be put on birth control while on the accutane to "double the effectiveness"?? I got super depressed on it the first time and I was thinking if I took a lose dose of the accutane and a good dose of birth control that would make it kinda balance out??
Zo
Very true. I wanna tell her because I hate lying but she told me she'd make my boyfriend and I stop seeing each other as often as we do if we have sex. I just don't want to make my boyfriend upset by telling her and I don't want my parents to be disappointed in me
My boyfriend and I were both on accutane and I can absolutely tell you it doesn't stay in your system that long. Maybe a month after you stop since that's the last blood test I had to get was a month after I got off it to completely make sure everything was fine. If you and your boyfriend are not using it and have been off it for a month or more, you don't have to worry about the side effect it has
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