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Accutane
Pregnant Women's Use of Accutane Results In Severe Birth Defects
Apr 29, 2004 | The BYU Newsnet
Jennifer Morton chose abstinence as her form of birth control in order to start her prescription for Accutane. However, the drug's depressive side...
Survey on Acne Medications and Birth Defects Reinforces Need for Stricter Regulation and Education
Apr 26, 2004 | PRNewswire
Pregnancy and powerful acne medicines like Accutane® don't mix. That's the message pregnancy counselors with the Organization of Teratology...
Defects Linked To Acne Drug May Bring Stiffer Restrictions
Mar 28, 2004 | Los Angeles Times
A prescription acne drug that has helped millions of Americans but has also been linked to serious birth defects soon may be much more difficult for...
Curbs Urged On Acne Drug
Mar 8, 2004 | Los Angeles Times
A prescription acne drug that has helped millions of Americans but has also been linked to serious birth defects soon may be much more difficult for...
Drug Warning For Pregnant Women
Mar 1, 2004 | www.cbsnews.com
Although it's an effective drug for acne, Accutane causes miscarriage and severe birth defects if taken by a woman who is pregnant. And the latest...
FDA Debates More Restrictions on Accutane
Feb 27, 2004 | AP
Critics are calling for major new curbs on who can get a prescription for the acne drug Accutane, after voluntary restrictions failed to reduce the...
Accutane Linked to Birth Defects, Should Be Pulled From Market, Public Citizen Tells FDA
Feb 26, 2004 | www.commondreams.org
The acne drug Accutane, which causes birth defects and life-threatening adverse events, should be removed from the market and prescribed only under...
Accutane Causing Miscarriages, Major Birth Defects; Tighter Controls Urgently Needed, March of Dimes Says
Feb 25, 2004 | PR NEWSWIRE
Major birth defects caused by exposure to Accutane and other brands of isotretinoin, an acne therapy drug, continue to occur in the United States...
Teen Pilot's Kin Blame Drug For Suicide
Feb 4, 2004 | AP
Charles Bishop loved "Star Trek" and Tom Clancy novels. He worried about learning how to drive, and had only been on one date. He rarely mentioned...
FDA Urged To Ban Acne Med Sales Online
Feb 2, 2004 | UPI
A doctors' group has urged the Food and Drug Administration to ban Internet sales of a popular drug to treat acne because of health dangers.In a...
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