Amnesteem and Joint Pain: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• January 14, 2011

For Acne "I am 32 years old and have struggled with acne since high school. I was completely freaked out about taking this medication after reading all the horror stories online, but after talking to my doctor, I knew I wanted to give it a try. I am in my 2nd month of taking the medication, and I have seen dramatic results. I have not had any bad side effects so far. I have had dry lips (to be expected), but they have not been bad at all (thanks to Aquaphor Lip Repair - I constantly put it on). My skin is dry, which is also to be expected. I wear contacts, and my eyes do get dry at times, but no drops help. I do notice joint aches at times, so I take Tylenol or Advil, and it helps. It's nothing severe at all. BEST MEDICATION EVER."

• Anonymous
• July 29, 2010

For Acne "I'm at my 12-week mark. My doctor said I can be done now if I wish to be, but I'm going to go one more month just to be safe. My face, chest, and back are completely clear of acne. My side effects have been the normal: chapped lips (use Aquaphor), dry eyes (eye drops), and just recently-joint pain. I've always had some joint and back pain, but it's gotten much worse the last couple of months. It may not even be related to the medication. However, I am getting an MRI just to be safe. I love the medication this far. I've heard horrible stories about people having bad side effects for years and years after, but I wonder how much of that is really related to the medication. People naturally get joint pain, etc. as they age."

• Anonymous
• May 30, 2011

For Acne "This drug definitely works. Covered in acne before starting the medicine, it only took 4 months, and I am now acne-free. But although it worked very well, many of the side effects are awful. Dry skin is bearable, but as an athlete, the joint pains made playing my sports very difficult. But worst of all was the depression. After about the first month, the depression hit, and I rarely went a day without considering suicide for the next 3 months. It may work, but if you are going to use this medicine, be aware of some of the devastating side effects."

• Sho...
• April 10, 2016

For Acne "I am 49 years old, and my skin NEVER broke out during puberty. When I was in my mid-30s, it hit me slowly and then real bad about 3 years ago. At first, antibiotics and spironolactone worked fine, then last year my body stopped responding to that treatment. That is when I started on Amnesteem. Aside from the initial pain in the neck of filing with the federal government to ensure I wouldn't get pregnant, I was excited to try it. The first month, my skin got really oily and broke out more, but my doctor said that happens. I am on my 5th month of treatment now, and my skin is almost clear. My only complaint is joint pain - I feel like I am 30 years older than I really am, and I eat Tylenol like candy, yet I am told that will also subside."

• mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 31, 2017

For Acne "I used Claravis for my first course, and everything went well. The side effects that I remember were extremely chapped/dry lips, dry skin, dry hair (which I didn't have to wash for a week), joint pain, headaches. I repeated the treatment because some acne was reappearing, but nothing compared to the beginning, so I took a much lower dose. The second course was with Amnesteem (because it was the one available at Walgreens at that moment), and everything was going well until my liver enzymes were elevating each month, and I had to stop the medicine. When I recovered, I went back to Claravis, and liver enzymes got normalized. My doctor said that he experienced the same side effect with other patients."