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Accutane
Drugmaker Rebuffed Call To Monitor Users
Dec 6, 2004 | USA TODAY
The maker of Accutane, a controversial acne medication, disregarded a company doctor's recommendation that users of the drug be monitored for signs...
Drug Makers Get Help With Accutane Safety
Nov 24, 2004 | Star Ledger
The manufacturer of the acne drug Accutane and companies producing generic versions of the medicine said yesterday they will step up efforts to...
Concern About Drug Safety Doesn't Stop With Vioxx
Nov 22, 2004 | USA TODAY
Doctors have been taking calls from anxious patients ever since a Senate hearing on Vioxx last week at which an FDA scientist expressed concerns...
Medical Experts Weigh Safety In Using Five Drugs
Nov 19, 2004 | Knight Ridder
A day after an FDA official raised safety concerns about five widely prescribed medicines, doctors and patients had the same question: Should they...
Isotretinoin and Pregnancy - A Continued Risk for Birth Defects
Nov 1, 2004 | www.medscape.com
n September 1982, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug isotretinoin (Accutane) for use in the treatment of severe recalcitrant...
Stupak Pressures FDA To Act On Acne Drug Accutane
Oct 8, 2004 | AP
The Food and Drug Administration is facing renewed pressure from U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak and other lawmakers to require that patients receiving the...
FDA Pressured To Act On Acne Drug Accutane
Oct 7, 2004 | AP
The Food and Drug Administration is facing renewed pressure from lawmakers to require that patients receiving the acne drug Accutane, health workers...
Suicide By Kids Sparks Hearing
Aug 5, 2004 | Modesto Bee
Doctors told Dominique Slater's parents that their teenage daughter might become nauseated or gain weight from pills prescribed to battle...
Stupak Proposes Accutane Limits
Jun 16, 2004 | Detroit News
U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, whose teenage son committed suicide in 2000 while taking Accutane, will introduce legislation today to tighten control over...
Parents Sue Over Son's Suicide, Citing Acne Drug
May 20, 2004 | The Register-Guard
The parents of a Springfield area teenager who killed himself after taking a powerful acne drug have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against...
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