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Topamax and Acne
Thu, 01/05/2006 - 08:40Comments
Re: Topamax and Acne
Submitted by rn-tracy1-rn on Fri, 2008-10-10 - 08:53
I am glad I am not the only one going through this. I don't like to see others going through it, but I didn't know what was wrong with me. I knew it wasn't normal. At first I thought it must be my laundry detergent or my soap. LOL. I changed BOTH and the acne started clearing up. I am on Topamax for migraines. Then my doc increased it to 100 mg 3x per (300mg total) and again my back, chest and face is horrible. So I looked up Topamax in my nursing drug handbook and it does say acne is a side effect, but not a common one. Seems pretty common to me. It is the painful cystic acne that hurts when the shower sprays on it. I had acne growing up and I took accutane. Worked wonders. Rarely had a zit afterwards. NEVER EVER EVER had it on my back or chest though. I can't wear a tank top or bathing suit. It keeps moving down my back. I have less migraines, but I think I want to go back to treating the actual migraines/vomiting than go through this, I don't know. The good thing? I went from 165 lbs to 113 lbs in about 1 yr. I weighed 100 lbs before I went on amitriptyline and gained weight that I couldn't lose no matter what. Then got pregnant and so on. I just hope the weight doesn't come back if go off of the Topamax. Yikes!
Tracy
I am glad I am not the only one going through this. I don't like to see others going through it, but I didn't know what was wrong with me. I knew it wasn't normal. At first I thought it must be my laundry detergent or my soap. LOL. I changed BOTH and the acne started clearing up. I am on Topamax for migraines. Then my doc increased it to 100 mg 3x per (300mg total) and again my back, chest and face is horrible. So I looked up Topamax in my nursing drug handbook and it does say acne is a side effect, but not a common one. Seems pretty common to me. It is the painful cystic acne that hurts when the shower sprays on it. I had acne growing up and I took accutane. Worked wonders. Rarely had a zit afterwards. NEVER EVER EVER had it on my back or chest though. I can't wear a tank top or bathing suit. It keeps moving down my back. I have less migraines, but I think I want to go back to treating the actual migraines/vomiting than go through this, I don't know. The good thing? I went from 165 lbs to 113 lbs in about 1 yr. I weighed 100 lbs before I went on amitriptyline and gained weight that I couldn't lose no matter what. Then got pregnant and so on. I just hope the weight doesn't come back if go off of the Topamax. Yikes!
Tracy
Re: Topamax and Acne
Submitted by melyndapoppe on Wed, 2011-03-16 - 01:09
3 months ago i had also acne on my face one on my chin & 2 on my fore head..I must say that they were really very painful. Whenever i use to touch them it use to pain a lot...
3 months ago i had also acne on my face one on my chin & 2 on my fore head..I must say that they were really very painful. Whenever i use to touch them it use to pain a lot...
Re: Topamax and Acne
Submitted by jillian_g on Thu, 2011-01-20 - 17:45
Topamax helped me through the years and had no problem with it. Maybe it's your skin type coz we have different skin types and different skin types show different side effects. I consider Topamax as one of the effective acne remedies I know.