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If accutane were to cause liver damage, after getting blood tests regularly, would it be reversible? would it be life-threateningly damaged?

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

God only knows: In general, you use a medicine for the minimum time necessary. Ask yourself and the prescribing doc what is the hoped for benefit weighed against the risk. Then you make a decision based on that information.

Answered 1/15/2016

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