Thread: New study may deal final blow to acne drug Accutane

People who had filled four or more prescriptions of Accutane had over twice the risk of inflammatory bowel disease and the odds of developing ulcerative colitis were four times higher. The actual risk of IBD is quite low but the risk of lawsuits is apparently driving Roche to withdraw the drug from the market. The study bolstered evidence of a link between the drug, pulled from the market in June, and inflammatory bowel disease. No medication...

Edited on Sun Nov-08-09 12:56 PM by lizerdbits Not since taking it have I woken up with a small red bump on my face and have to go to the doctor in the afternoon for a huge cyst after it became quite large just during the day. Plus you get to hear 50 people ask you what the hell that thing on your face is. For me it wasn't permanently disfiguring with scarring, it was having to go on antibiotics every couple weeks because no OTC products...

but I've seen it work wonders on people with severe acne, the type that scars, who had it into their 30s. I hope the company reconsiders. Patients need to be warned of the risk, but it's the best we have to treat severe, long standing acne.