Isotretinoin and One Patient’s Teary Eyes: “Please Listen or I’ll Cry”
By David J. Elpern, M.D. and a Person with Acne
Abstract:
A 56 year-old man on isotretinoin for acne for an acneiform eruption of face and back experienced excessive tearing of his eyes. Being unfamiliar with this under-reported side-effect, it was not addressed by his physicians. In his moving essay, he asks his physicians to listen more attentively to their patients’ complaints.
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