Tex - as per our recent discussions
interesting article about drug trials and Accutane
it is a shame that drugs like this are on the market for 10 years or more before someone gets an article published showing the link between the drug and dehabilitating side effects/conditions
http://www.drugwatch.com/news/2010/07/2 ... egligence/
One female participant in the trials who became pregnant while taking Accutane was pressured by the company to have an abortion in order to prevent awareness about the medication's risk of birth defects, according to one of the trial monitors. When Roche submitted Accutane to the FDA for approval, the company claimed no pregnant women had been exposed to the medication during the trials.
Opponents allege the company also resisted disclosing other important information regarding Accutane's questionable safety profile. Many contend Roche hid the results of a key study showing the medication increased the risk of suicide from the FDA, even though the FDA had already suggested that the company consider adding a suicide warning to the medication label.
And despite the fact that a potential association between Accutane and inflammatory bowel disease was first discovered in the early 1980s, many patients maintain they were never informed that the medication could cause gastrointestinal problems. In the Accutane prescribing information packet that spanned more than 20 pages, inflammatory bowel disease was granted little more than a paragraph.
After her doctor's recommended treatment didn't help much, I convinced her to try the GF, DF, diet, and as far as I know, she is doing OK now, but I haven't seen her in a while.
