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A 18-year-old female asked:

I've been using roaccutane (20)for 5 months and recently i've been getting like one pimple every week, what happened?

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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohananswered

Dermatology 59 years experience

See the DR: A typical course of isotretinoin is 60, 80mg, or more, for 20 weeks. Probably you need to change to spironolactone 100mg a day.

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