"Physicians and patients should be made aware of this possible association and it should be included in the already extensive consent process required before isotretinoin is prescribed," the researchers wrote in the journal.
Additional side effects associated with the drug were also revealed last month in a study that appeared in the August 21, 2006 Archives of Dermatology, conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, that found Accutane raises levels of cholesterol and triglyceride fats in the body.
The study reviewed the cases of 13,772 patients between the ages of 13 to 50, who were treated with Accutane between March 1995 and September 2002.
To date, other serious side effects associated with Accutane include problems with the pancreas, liver, stomach, bones, muscles, hearing, vision, allergic reactions, blood sugar, or red and white blood cells. According to the iPLEDGE web site, the most common, less serious side effects include dry skin, chapped lips, dry eyes, and dry nose that may lead to nosebleeds.
The FDA needs to yank this drug off the market once and for all. Weighed against its endless list of serious side effects, there is no justifiable reason to keep it on the market. Let the drug companies develop a new drug to treat acne.
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Evelyn Pringle
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(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government and corporate America)
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