Is it safe to take L-Glutathione pills while on Accutane?
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at
11:11 am
I am on Accutane for my acne, and as no treatments such as chemical peels or dermabrasion are possible at the moment, is it safe to take L-Glutathione pills with Vitamin C for the reduction of my acne scarring and overall whitening? Will their be any side effects or ‘mixing’ with the Accutane?
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There are many types of interaction. Drugs could interact in your gastrointestinal tract with food or other drugs, thus changing them and affecting their potency. If two drugs are bound to protein in the blood, one could displace the other, raising or lowering the available amount in your body. If both are metabolized by the same part of the liver, the metabolism of one could block the metabolism of the other, thus increasing the amount circulating. One can block the other at the organ where it works–like a nerve, which has receptors that drugs affect. Or two drugs that do the same thing can have an additive effect. There are other ways for drugs to interact, but these are the basics.
L-glutathione is not absorbed from your digestive system to any degree. Therefore, you can have no interaction involving protein binding, liver metabolism, effect on the organs, or additive effect. So any interaction would be in the digestive tract. To prevent this problem, never take them within two hours of each other.
But I question why you would want to take L-glutathione for any reason. If it is not absorbed, it can’t have any effect at all outside your gastrointestinal tract.
This is one reason why dietary supplements should be regulated.
not shure lol… but theres only one way to know…. y dont u try it… i mean vitamins are just to help u and if something would of happne it would of happen no matter what cuz ur body has vitamin C too.. lol try it…. im 95% sure that nothing is not goin to happen
as long as they don’t contain any vitamin a, it should be fine to take them. accutane is actually a derivative of vitamin a, so you need to avoid supplements containing vitamin a. it will increase side-effects and could lead to very elevated triglyceride levels. good luck with your accutane course.