Report of increased suicides in patients taking Accutane to reduce acne (128 of 5,700)
Many previous reports on the internet of Accutane causing dental problems CLICK HERE for example
- Accutane is a naturally occurring derivative of vitamin A
Vitamin A is an antagonist for Vitamin D - that is, vitamin A reduces the amount of vitamin D in the body
So it appears
acne==> use accutane ==> many dental cavities, birth defects, depression, and suicide
which are all associated with very low levels of vitamin D
Dr. Cannell of vitamin D council explains the Accutane/vitamin D problem
which is in his May 2010 newsletter on Vitamin D Life
Another Vitamin D Council newsletter had the following comment
A person who had taken vitamin D for diabetes and found that in addition to losing weight that the acne went away
I have had some reports that vitamin D cured acne but frankly, I didn't believe them. Then I ran across this 1938 paper entitled Vitamin D in Acne: A Comparison with X-Ray Treatment (PDF format). You can read the entire paper yourself and see what 5,000–14,000 IU per day did for these patients with severe acne. When I was a kid, I always wondered why my pimples got better in the summer and worse in the winter.
This same concept was confirmed 3 days later on Nov 16 by FoodConsumer
Other possible relationships:
Low vitamin D ==> depression and suicide
CLICK HERE for Google Search
Psychology Today on the subject 2003
Prisoners have very low vitamin D – Cannell and another Feb 2010 and women in prision have 9X the suicide rate than outside
Low vitamin D ==> acne - see below
CLICK HERE for Google search of Acne and "Vitamin D"
Update from FoodConsumer May 2011
- vitamin D better than Accutane/vitamin A for acne (observed in 1938)
- get lots of vitamin D if take Accutane as chemotherapy
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See also Vitamin D Life
- Vitamin D needs some vitamin A, but not too much – Nov 2011
- All items in category Vitamin A
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