Taking Accutane...Taking Gear

[W8's]

So here is the case. i've been off for a long time due to not being able to train. I've been in the gym now for over 2 months been clean the whole time. I also have been taking accutane for just about two months now for some really hellish acne that was on my back. Its about 75% cleared up at this point. I Really really really want to clear it up. I hate it. But i'm dying to get back on gear again. This is the longest i have been off in years. Now i have read the numerous posts on accutane on this board and i think that it said something like start it 14 days before and your all set or something like that. I want to know is If i do start taking some Test at say 1gram a week. Will my Acne continue to get better even though i am on. If its gonna effect it at all i would rather not go back on and just hold off till i am clear. Can someone give me a little more clarification. Thanks.

[Monster]

You need to consider that this advice is for people who may not be already taking accutane for real bad acne.

No one can tell you what will happen. Its a matter of how each individual responds to each thing.

Ive heard it told from both perspectives... it might be something you have to try for yourself, or if the risk isnt worth it, just wait???

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"Trying is the first step towards failure."
"Well, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is... never try."

[spanishdude]

It wasn´t strong enough to counteract even 1 clomid tab. I had been taking accutane for about 2 months before. Skin was perfect, and when I took 1 only clomid (just to try), skin was oily in 1 day, and, voila, breakout!!!!!
Seing this, I wasn´t brave enough to start 1 cycle!

[harddtime]

i've done accutane for 2 6 month treatments, my advice is let it finish. Its harsh enough you don't wanna through anything else in the mix. But here's the good news....once your done you won't really get pimples anymore, and hwen i do, i take one 40mg pill twice or three times a week every few weeks and BANG, all the pimples are gone again, just like magic.

- harddtime

[archive_Lift Or Die]

I first used accutane a couple years ago at a dosage of 80mg/ED during a fairly hefty cycle. All that time my skin looked great without the usual problems of acne that I would normally get.

My doc wrote scripts that prescribed way too much (he wasn't good at math), so I had a ton of accutane left over. During this current cycle which I've been on since the beginning of March, I'm using accutane only twice a week. 40mg on Monday and 40mg on Thurday and my skin has been nice and clear and acne free.

The 40mg twice a week seems to be a nice maintainance dosage for keeping my skin clear while on cycle without the usual side effects like extremly dry skin from accutane.

[Trevdog]

I don't know but I'll venture a guess. I think your acne will probably continue to improve.

[W8's]

any other opinions?? Ulter? you've taken a lot of this together i think right??

[Monster]

Look at what has happened. We've got a buncjh of people... some say yes, some say no. Like I said its an individual thing.
Think this through. I hope youre not just trying to get more opinions saying what you want to hear to justify what you have already decided to do!

Weigh the pros and cons, not the anecdotal experiances and stories of others.
How would you feel if you started and your acne got real bad?
How would you feel if you waited a little longer to start and it went well without acne problems?
The chooice is yours...

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"Trying is the first step towards failure."
"Well, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is... never try."

[DMan]

I just got off a accutane run for the last 6 months. I chose not to do any gear while on tane just for the fact that accutane is very hard on the body(Elevated liver and high cholesterol). I just didn't want to put my body through that much stress by adding gear to the mix.

DMan

[archive_Ulter]

If the Accutane is taking affect then the test shouldn't interfere with that. Many people experience an eruption of acne when they start Accutane so that's normal.

[W8's]

Monster, i'm definatley not trying to wait for someone to post and say its fine just do it. I've just come to a point in my training where i am at a standstill natural and i look like shit. IMO of course. lol. So i'm just thinking of giving it a shot. I want to do jr. usa's next year so i'm also trying to get my weight up so I can slowly diet when spring rolls around.

[Monster]

I understand

I just think you have to be prepared for the worst... if your acne doesnt flare up, then thats great! But you have to at least be prepared for the event that it may.

If acne is a problem for you, you may be better starting a cycle while using the accutane anyway though. If you develop acne using AAS and accutane, Im sure you would get acne using AAS without it!

If youre experianced and know your body well enough, I would give it a try... it all gets down to a person and their own understanding of how their own body works!

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"Trying is the first step towards failure."
"Well, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is... never try."

[W8's]

Monster i've done a ton cycles without having ANY acne problems. Then i stumbled upon fina. After using that drug I developed a bad case of acne that cleared up after about 3 months. did a number of cycles after that with only moderate acne problems. Last year i did a number of shows and stayed on for the entire year. Right before i came off i started developing a bad case of it but it was fall and i figured if i took care of my skin it would be better by the time spring rolled around. well it didn't it got worse. i just kept getting huge welts and blackheads everywhere hundreds of em. so eventually I decieded i need to do somthing about it. Marched into the dr. office and said i wanted accutane.