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Roaccutane: Disturbing Side Effects Linked To Acne Drug


Date: 29/08/06
 
Keywords: Acne, Skin Problems, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
If Roaccutane (called Accutane in the US) were a dietary supplement, you wouldn't even know its name. It would have been banned decades ago. But after 25 years, not only is this acne medication still on the market, it's still doing harm...

If Roaccutane (called Accutane in the US) were a dietary supplement, you wouldn't even know its name. It would have been banned decades ago.

But after 25 years, not only is this acne medication still on the market, it's still doing harm.


Roaccutane: What's the hold up?

I won't burden you will all the details about a new Roaccutane study, published last month in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. But here are the highlights from the University of Chicago investigation of 85 cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that were believed to be related to Roaccutane use (all cases were reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between 1997 and 2002):

Roaccutane was found to be the 'probable cause' in 58 IBD cases
Roaccutane was found to be the 'possible cause' in 23 cases
Number of cases in which researchers found the association between Roaccutane and IBD to be 'doubtful': zero


That's pretty bad. Now here's the part that's flabbergasting.

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sean milligan Posted 27/05/2010

it can actually help people + it has helped thousands of people

Mark Brooks (UK) Posted 25/08/2010

I was prescribed ROaccutane by a Dr Helena Barnes in 1987/88 on two occasions at Barnet NHS Trust Hospital. I believe this drug has destroyed my life and have been through over 20 years of broken relationships, jobs, debt and depression. I need help from a support group to prove this company liable and I have had side effects at the time of treatment including food disorder, dry skin, bleeding nose and lips and dry eyes. I have to establish that others have had similar experiences. Thank you

David Stannard Posted 08/03/2011

Roaccutane has left me with permanent side effects that I wouldnt wish on anybody, such as foggy head, inability to concentrate or think properly, 'ringing' and 'hissing' ears, glare in my eyes, fatigue, dizziness, feeling of disconnection/being spaced out. I am realy struggling to cope with what this drug has done to me, and have had to live with these symptoms for 10 years now. I really believe that roaccutane has poisoned my body and brain. My life has turned from being a promising 19 year old before I took it, to a shell of a person. It has really ruined my life, and it is so difficult to see all of the shocking articles about it that pop up in google. I do not know what to do to get over the effects of this horrible medication.



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