My experience was of Acne throughout my teenage years. A strong daily Antibiotic for years prescribed – with all the nasty side effects it brought and this was around 1987- 1992 and of course no side effects were then acknowledged from the anti-biotics then by GPS – My GP told me it was my fault I had repeating thrush.

And so miserable and desperate I went onto the Pill (for acne control) and non of it worked throughout. I then asked my GP for Ro-Accutane and thought I was so lucky to be referred for it. Maybe when I was around 20 in 1995.

Well – the acne went – fabulous – and so did my twenties – yes all of my twenties! The pain was unbearable – made worse by GPs who knew nothing of Ro-Accutane and decided it was in my head etc… I could not recommend this drug to anyone and feel it should be banned.

Here is what I wished would have happened instead. Also throughout my teens you should have seen what I was brought up on – Crisps and coke! Fizzy galore! Chips, fatty fried stuff. I had already been given poor self esteem from my parents as I grew up in an unhappy household.

I dearly dearly wish I had never swallowed even one anti-biotic pill – let alone the damage that the Ro-Accutane caused me. I wish that had tested myself for food allergies and followed an excellent nutrition plan- understood the deeper cause of acne… I wish I had of tried the multitude of things not currently available through the NHS – Kinesiology, Herbal medicine, Reflexology, Hypnotherapy healing, Past Life Regression, Reiki, Meditation, Acupuncture, Homeopathy (which can be got sometimes via NHS), and goodness what else there is available…..EFT, TFT now I think is available… So much ….so many other options without such a risk….

I feel strongly that this would have worked and I know of a Doctor who was completely cured of her acne by a Reiki/Aromatherapist massager…amongst many others I have heard of along the way.

I was not monitired correctly. I was not informed by any Doctors of all this other choice available … I was never asked for this feed back by the ones dishing out the stuff at the specialist hospital suggesting their records of the percentages of problems with this drug are not accurate.

I am still suffering symptoms from the Ro-Accutane- although much improved with time and utter persistence and determination with those methods described above…

Love and Luck, Carol.

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