Article: FDA Weighs Acne Drug Restrictions.(United States. Food and Drug Administration recommend stronger control off Accutane)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Article: FDA panel backs Accutane registry to prevent drug's use by ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  March 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... than 160 babies born with Accutane-caused birth defects in ... aren't required to report Accutane-linked pregnancies to the ... counted 120 pregnancies among Accutane users, just seven fewer than ... This article was prepared by Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA editors ...

Article: Florida Suicide Pilot Took Controversial Drug ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  February 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... number of suicides by Accutane users is lower than the general population. Accutane has been marketed as an ... depression came in 1985. Accutane also has been linked to ... article was prepared by Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA ...

Article: FDA issues warning letter to Internet companies selling ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  October 5, 2003 ;     616 words ... ... known as the System to Manage Accutane Related Teratogenicity (SMART ... containing foreign versions of Accutane, because of the severe birth ... risk management program for Accutane, only certain physicians ... This article was prepared by Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA editors ...

Article: Studies Highlight Need to Prevent Exposures During Pregnancy to ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  September 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... recommendations are that women taking Accutane who could possibly be or become ... pregnancies that were exposed to Accutane in the United States were ... FDA and the manufacturer of Accutane, Hoffman-LaRoche, are ... This article was prepared by Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA editors ...

Article: FDA pressured to act on acne drug Accutane.
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  October 31, 2004 ;     556 words ... ... research on the effects of Accutane and the permanency of those ... tests for women receiving Accutane and a caution to use two ... responsible for the bulk of Accutane use. This article was prepared by Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA editors ...

Article: Accutane faces new lawsuit
Dermatology Times;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... forensic toxicologist who ruled that no Accutane (isotretinoin) was present in the body ... Forensic accuracy and the debate over Accutane's alleged causal link to depression ... J.-based Hoffman-La Roche Inc. Accutane is used to treat severe cystic acne ...

Article: Accutane medication guides available
Dermatology Times;  February 1, 2001 ;     681 words ... ... would begin in late January to issue Accutane (isotretinoin) medication guides and ... as a substitute for open discussion on Accutane use, a spokesperson for Roche said ... events. It will accompany the original Accutane informed consent form, which details ...