Penile discomfort while on isotretinoin/accutane/roaccutane

I am a male in my late 20's and I started on accutane 5-6 months ago for acne located in my back. I follow up with my derm every month to make sure I didn't develop new symptoms/side effects. My current dose is 60 mg--I had gone up to 80 mg but developed blurry vision at night, so my derm decreased my dose back to 60 mg.

I had tolerated the medication well this whole time but 7 weeks ago I started to feel sensitivity to my penis head in particular my urethra. I also noticed that my penis was very dry with abnormal red spots. I had zero suspicion that these symptoms were related to my accutane. Therefore, I went to my primary care physician and got tested for STDs--everything resulted NEGATIVE. I was then sent to a urologist, which i had to wait 3 weeks for my appointment.

while i waited for my urologist appointment, I started to do research on the correlation of my symptoms and accutane. To my surprise many other males have complained about these exact symptoms with a common diagnosis of ureteritis. I was able to finally follow up with my urologist, who is open to the idea that my symptoms are related to accutane but what is more concerning is that he noticed I had bladder retention--meaning I do not completely empty my bladder after i urinate (which i had no idea!). I am currently pending my derm follow up appointment.

HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCED BLADDER RETENTION WHILE ON ACCUTANE???

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