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Abdominal pain after taking drug ACCUTAIN

I was taking the drug Accutain for only 2 weeks and was told to stop taking it due to sever lower abdominal pain.

iv been having some lower abdominal pain for about 2 months now, sever dehydration, and weight loss, bloating, nausia, the pain normally comes on about 30 min after eating, alot of belching. my stolls change color often mostly a dark black and light red color. iv been told stool has gotten stuck on the sides of my colon, i was then prescibed a laxative and totaly cleared my system and all my symptoms went away. but when i started my normal diet again all the symptoms came back. my bowel movment change alot from being constipated to having normal bowel movments.

iv never had problems like this please help.
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Has anyone managed to stop abdominal pain after Accutane? I was on Oratane for 12 days and stopped due to abdominal pains. 6 days later they haven't stopped. How are you managing yours?
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i was taking accutain a couple months before all my stomach problems started now going on 3 and a half years no finding chronic abdominal pain,gas bloating feeling og haveing to have a bowel movement please keep me updated
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Just today in fact I saw an ad about the legal actions being taken because of severe gastro problems associated with Accutane use.
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There have been many intestinal problems associated with Accutain.  You should get a colonoscopy to check for many conditions that could be caused by the Accutain.
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