Acne
"I&#039;ve been having painful nodular cystic acne for the past 1 year. I&#039;ve had polycystic ovarian syndrome for some time, but for some reason, the acne became a problem this year. So far, I have been on the spironolactone for 1 month, and I broke out AGAIN after my period as expected, but it&#039;s much less. Smaller nodules, barely noticeable, and not painful. 

I&#039;m at a 50 mg/day dose now. Hopefully the acne should improve if I&#039;m patient, but so far the acne is definitely less severe. 

Side effects: some weight loss, which is probably all the urine I&#039;m peeing out as this is a diuretic; some dryness of the skin, nothing a moisturizer can&#039;t help with. 

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