Posted by linkadge on November 18, 2002, at 13:18:26
In reply to Re: Accutane Model for Depression, posted by utopizen on November 18, 2002, at 10:04:00
I do blieve there is a link and that
the drug company is probably making
less of it than need be.Just because acutaine did not affect you does
not mean that it did not affect others.I agree that oily skin is not always the source
of acne but, acutaine does work by causing the
skin to be less oily. It is a form of vitamin
A that inhibits the production or conversion of
some oils. I believe that it would need to be
combined with someone who is already low
on brain fat to cause a CNS disorder.If there were a link I would not the kind of thing
you'd notice after one pill. But it is possible that it somehow has an inhibiting effect of the brain's utilization of fat as well.Was there acutaine in that boy's system? (I don't really know the case you were talking about but)
It wouldn't matter. If he had been taking it long enought it may have decreased his brain fat levels. I honestly have no clue, but there are other acne remedies out there that don't even have half the reported cases of depression in association.Montel Williams believed there was enought of a link to do a show based on it.
I personally have never takin the drug, but with the emergance of such crutial evidence as to the importance of the fatty transport system in mood disorders, I think more testing should be done on such agents.
I personally had a friend that entered a major depression after a 6 month trial of the drug, he said it took another 2 yrs to feel better again after it was done
Linkadge
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