Would you recommend continuing Accutane in a teenage female who has experienced a drop in calcium to 8.8 and reductions in albumin and protein levels one month into therapy?

Given that Accutane can affect calcium homeostasis, would you recommend continuing Accutane or are additional steps or workups warranted?

Answer from: at Academic Institution

I am curious to know why these labs were checked? And isn't 8.8 a relatively normal calcium level?

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at Midwest Dermatology Centre
CMP is checked along with a lipid panel and pregna...

at Dept Dermatology Jefferson Medical College
I would never check these labs. Lipid, HCG, CK, an...