I've had acne for years now. I've tried every over the counter remedy, every antibiotic prescribed by my GP and dermatologist but nothing has worked. We're now down to the last resort of trying roaccutane. I've read up on all the risks and am aware of how important it is not to get pregnant on it because of the birth defects. I have decided however that this is the last resort and am willing to try it to get rid of my acne.
I have the implant and thought that would be okay on the contraception front but at my appointment with my dermatologist today, he insisted that I must be taking the pill before he can prescribe it. I explained that I have the implant but he was insistent that the implant wasn't good enough and that it had to be the pill.
The thing is though, I can't take the pill for medical reasons (that's the only reason I have the implant for!) otherwise I would be on the pill anyways.
I was actually quite confused about this and have done some reading. Apparently the implant is over 99% effective, which is the same (or slightly better?) than the pill.
Is it standard that the only accepted contraception is the pill when taking roaccutane or is my derm just odd?
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fivefourthreetwoone · 30/10/2013 22:41
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