Accutane (generic: isotretinoin) is prescribed for the treatment of severe cystic acne vulgaris. Manufactured by Hoffman La-Roche, Accutane was approved in 1982. Many warnings and alerts have been issued by the FDA about Accutane side effects and birth defects since it went on the market. For many years it was prescribed for milder, less severe forms of acne, and as a result, many people unnecessarily suffered Accutane’s severe side effects.
Accutane Side Effects
Accutane is linked with many serious side effects. To discuss your Accutane case with a defective drug lawyer free of charge, please contact us by calling 1-866-50-RIGHTS (1-866-507-4448) or by filling out our Accutane case review form.
Psychiatric Injuries
- Suicide and Suicidal Thoughts
- Depresssion
- Aggression
- Psychosis
Digestive / Gastrointestinal / Kidney / Liver / Endocrine
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Crohn’s Disease
- Proctitis
- Enterocolitis
- Ileocolitis
- Ileitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Sigmoiditis
- Colitis
- Liver Damage
- Hepatitis
- Hepatotoxicity
- Cirrhoses
- Pancreatitis
- Bleeding and inflammation of the gums
- Esophagitis and esophageal ulceration
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hypertriglyceridemia
Cardiovascular
- Stroke
- Palpitation
- Tachycardia
- Vascular thrombotic disease
Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Premature epiphyseal closure
- Spine desiccation
- Skeletal hyperostosis
- Calcification of tendons and ligaments
- Joint pain
- Bone mineral density decrease
- Back and chest pain
- Arthritis
- Tendonitis
- Rhabdomyolysis
Nervous System
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Permanent loss of eyesight
- Seizures
- Stroke
Vision and Eye Problems
- Optic neuritis
- Corneal opacities
- Cataracts
- Keratitis
- Visual disturbances
Immune System
- Lupus