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Took Accutane, Tried To Masturbate And Had Erection Problem. Side Effect?
Question: just tried to masturbate and pick is so soft don't no what to do..could this be a sideeffects of accutane? i took accutane for a month and to 2week's..first month 40mg and then 20mg...please help me
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You have been on treatment with accutane (Isotretinoin) for acne and report possible erectile dysfunction. You started with accutane 40 mg for first month and then 20 mg.
Accutane and erection problems has been dealt with in detail with feedbacks taken from over 0000 patients.
Facts presented connecting accutane and erection problems are as follows:
Just 102 out of 0000 or 0.38% patients reported erection related problems.
70% of 102 patients had this problem in the first 6 months after taking this medicine.
Over 92% of 102 patients were under 30 years of age.
If you had your erection problem all of a sudden (never experienced it earlier) and have been on accutane for a while, you must be among those very few who develop this side effect. Accutane also causes anxiety in some patients (16% of patients) and this could also be the underlying reason.
You may please discuss this with your treating doctor.
Hope this answers your query.
Regards
Dr A. Rao Kavoor
Thanks for writing in to us.
You have been on treatment with accutane (Isotretinoin) for acne and report possible erectile dysfunction. You started with accutane 40 mg for first month and then 20 mg.
Accutane and erection problems has been dealt with in detail with feedbacks taken from over 0000 patients.
Facts presented connecting accutane and erection problems are as follows:
Just 102 out of 0000 or 0.38% patients reported erection related problems.
70% of 102 patients had this problem in the first 6 months after taking this medicine.
Over 92% of 102 patients were under 30 years of age.
If you had your erection problem all of a sudden (never experienced it earlier) and have been on accutane for a while, you must be among those very few who develop this side effect. Accutane also causes anxiety in some patients (16% of patients) and this could also be the underlying reason.
You may please discuss this with your treating doctor.
Hope this answers your query.
Regards
Dr A. Rao Kavoor
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