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I'm 17 & i've been taking retan (acne med.) for 2 weeks. i have pain in my waist, and the side effects say i can get inflammatory bowel disease. do i?
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No: Topical retin-a? No reports of it causing inflammatory disease. There is controversy about its oral form, isotretinioin, being related to inflammatory bowel disease, but no proof of it.
Answered 4/2/2016
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