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Reviewer: Jonathan Ortiz , 13-18 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Ive been taking the pill orally for about a month now and I have seen no results. I have been using it with a 10% benzyl peroxide cleanser in the morning and 4% salicylic acid cleanser at night with the differn adapalene gel. If anything it has made my acne much worse. It was prescribed to me to control the dark purple spots after a pimple, but it's just made me break out even more and i still
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I personally have to take this with food or a snack or I feel nauseous. It has improved my acne in 2 weeks but not completely gone away so I am continuing for another 2 weeks to see how it goes. I have mild acne on my face, neck back and shoulders.
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Reviewer: Elizabeth, 13-18 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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As a teen, acne is really a bother to me. When I was younger, I didnâ??t really care too much about pimples even when people pointed them out because my friends had pimples too so I wasnâ??t alone. But as I paid less attention to my skin, it started getting worse when I got to my first year of high school. My friendsâ?? acne was nearly gone except me. So I tried a bunch of natural t
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Reviewer: Tom, 13-18 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I'm taking this medicine along with topical treatments to treat acne. I have a moderate to severe case of cystic acne. Overall it works OK. It definitely has improved my acne condition but is no where near making it go away completely.
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Reviewer: Shika, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Second time using this medication.It did take a month to work and it was worth the time.My acne was HORRIBLE and traveled from my fave to back,chest and neck.This all has happened within a year,my only complaint is when I stopped taking it after I used my prescription up my acne came right back??????????and rather quickly too.Doc says it's not good to stay on it but what do we do to fix this p
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