How soon after accutane can you drink alcohol again? / Als..

External Since: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 28

I am not near my finish date yet, but when I eventually finish my
treatment, how long after can I drink alcohol again?

And I don't mean one beer, I mean more like 6 drinks without worrying
that I'm going to toxify my liver from accutane.

Another question I had was how important and crucial is cumulative
dosage? Ive read that it is best to have a cumulative dose of 100-120
mg per weight in kg... but my derm didn't seem to know what I was
talking about.
Currently if I continue to take 50 mg per day I will finish slightly
above 120 mg per my weight in kg. So for this reason I do not want my
dosage to be upped to 60 mg.

Am I incorrect here, and should I trust my derm if he wants to
increase the dosage?

External Since: Jan 26, 2004 Posts: 191

"Schilling38" <bostonkid.DeleteThis@usa.com> wrote in message
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> I am not near my finish date yet, but when I eventually finish my
> treatment, how long after can I drink alcohol again?
>
> And I don't mean one beer, I mean more like 6 drinks without worrying
> that I'm going to toxify my liver from accutane.

I drank all through my course (champagne and beer and the occasional shot)
and that was 7 years ago. I don't think beer is as hard on the liver as real
alcohol (vodka, whiskey, etc...), if it's even a strain on the liver at all.
I mean it *is* mostly water. BTW-I am not suffering liver damage and like I
said before, if it was a major problem, it'd be in the warnings and I never
saw it...