The Ticket Clinic, Accutane Side Effects Lawyer: Hair Loss, Depression, Suicide
You probably know the drug isotretinoin by its trade name, accutane.
Accutane is a powerful drug often used to treat acne. Unlike other acne
treatments, which are simply antibacterial agents, accutane actually
changes the composition of the skin. Accutane causes skin to produce
less oil, which almost always results in a reduction of acne. Accutane
is very powerful and effective, but this comes with some very dangerous
side effects that everybody should be aware of. If used or administered
improperly, accutane can do more harm than good.
Almost everybody
who uses accutane suffers from mild side effects like itchy skin,
chapped lips, hair loss, and nosebleeds. These are very minor compared
with some of the more dramatic side effects. Accutane causes horrible
birth defects if used while a mother is pregnant, and women taking
accutane have to sign a contract that they are willing to undertake an
abortion if they become pregnant during or directly after their use of
accutane. Other problems include decreased night vision, joint pain,
and disorders of the intestinal and urinary systems.
Some
patients develop terrible headaches that can lead to brain aneurisms.
Some patients taking accutane fall into severe depression and many have
committed suicide. The actual numbers are hard to come by because the
majority of accutane users are young adolescents, an age group that is
always plagued by raging hormones and emotional swings. When these
young people take their lives while using accutane their families do
not always realize that the depression, and resulting death, was
actually caused by the drug. Some people feel that drug companies
should be held responsible for distributing a drug with side effects as
life-threatening as the disease of depression.
If you or someone
you love is using accutane and is suffering from any of these terrible
side effects, please talk to a trained drug lawyer. Victims across the
country are filing suit with Roche Pharmaceuticals, the makers of
accutane, to gain justice for the terrible side effects accutane has
unleashed. Accutane can produce pleasing aesthetic results, but at a
potentially devastating cost in health risks.
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