See new MedAlert pamphlet now required to be included with Accutane,a prescription acne medication. Also revised/updated(May 2000) pharmaceutical insert on Accutane(which is not required to be included with the medication). Stroke,seizure,syncope,psuedotumor cerebri, tremors...just a few of the possible/reported side effects linked to the use of this medication. FDA/MedWatch reports may be obtained by the Freedom of Information Act,IH-35.
Side effects for drugs are listed for any complaint that ever was reported. I have noticed that most prescriptions have the same side effects listed, doesn't mean they are likely to happen. The med I am taking for seizues, due to a stroke, lists one of it's side effects as seizures. Listen to your doctor's advice on this topic.
Stroke has been reported to the FDA/Medwatch system of reporting of adverse effects. Cerebral Hemorrage, psuedotumor cerebri, seizures, syncope(which involves the heart)----all have happened and been reported to Medwatch. I have copies of the FDA/Medwatch reports.
Ask your doctor? Most of the doctors that prescibe this medication would not know a third of the adverse side effects of Accutane. As a patient, you would be better off looking on the internet for a list of adverse conditions associated with Accutane.
That has been a proven fact.
Anyone here ever taken Accutane?
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