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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I've been using acticlate for 2 months and my face has cleared up so much since I first started using it. I have battled with acne since 6th grade and this is the clearest my face has been since there. I still get the occasional pimple around my period but it's nothing like my acne used to be before. I started seeing my face clear up after about a month of using the medication.
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Reviewer: 13-18 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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It works pretty well, although it upsets my stomach terribly.
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Reviewer: Sana, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Do you know if I can take it after the expiration date?
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Reviewer: cmontagna , 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Thank GOD this acne treatment drug was created. Since high school (I'm 23 now), I've suffered with mild-severe acne (whiteheads) that would become the worst around my period. I started taking Acticlate oral 150mg daily on June 5, 2015, and am so excited to say that my skin is now (9/2/15) 100% CLEAR! I can leave the house without makeup, and when I wash my face in the shower there is not o
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Reviewer: Maria c., 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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The first day -second day on acticlate I had major headaches and was very thirsty..after that day 2-4 I started getting a stuffy nose/sneezing/lethargic/weak and basically felt like I have the flu!!!!!! I feel so sick and blah... No fever though, and I do think it's working with my acne. Also today I have lost my appetite. I'm not hungry at all...hoping the flu like symptoms go away soon o
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