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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Reviewer: brandy, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Works great. Did not make me sick the first 2wks, but now i have to eat before I take it or it causes me to have upset stomach, but I still take it..
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female
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I cannot take the medicine before a meal without vomiting. Therefore, I have not been able to take it twice daily at regular intervals. I have been on it for two weeks and my skin looks worse than ever. I am trying it after meals to see if I can stomach it.
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Reviewer: scaldwell426, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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My experience with this drug has been phenomenal. I have seen it work in as little as two weeks. Of course with all new acne medications, it makes your skin worse before it gets better. I would say that after the first week, my skin started to really clear up quite nicely. I would recommend this product to anyone. As far as eating something with this medication, i have not felt any side effects of
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I had painful severe boils realted to acne. After taking this medication for less than a week my syptoms have been arrested and my face looks much healthier.
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