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"Accutane Depression The acne treatment accutane (isotretinoin) contains a strong warning about its capacity to cause suicide and other psychiatric disturbances. Directly under the warnings headline, the FDA-approved label reads.2 WARNINGS Psychiatric Disorders Accutane may cause depression, psychosis and, rarely, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, suicide, and aggressive and/or violent behaviors. The warnings section goes on to elaborate in detail upon these risks." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Approach accutane with caution. accutane is a powerful prescription drug for severe cystic acne that doesn't respond to any other treatment, says Dr. Coskey. But accutane can cause birth defects and must be used with extreme caution in women of child-bearing age. If you're a woman using accutane, your doctor will require that you use a reliable method of birth control and that you be tested regularly for pregnancy. Other side effects often associated with accutane are extremely dry skin, nosebleeds, dry eyes, muscle aches and elevated triglycerides and cholesterol." - the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books, Symptoms: Their Causes & Cures : How to Understand and Treat 265 Health Concerns (Get the book.)

"Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, proposed the experimental use of accutane as a treatment for head-and-neck cancers. In the New England Journal of Medicine in 1990, they reported on their positive results. After receiving surgery, radiation therapy, or both, 103 patients were given either accutane or a placebo (inert sugar pill), which they took daily for 12 months. The group receiving accutane had "significantly fewer second primary tumors." After 32 months, only 2 patients (4 percent) in the accutane group had second primary tumors, compared with 12 (24 percent) in the placebo group." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.)

"Azelaic acid is not as effective as accutane for individuals with severe cystic acne, a type of acne that can lead to scarring. However, as many as one-third of such patients have achieved good to excellent results after 6 months of treatment with azelaic acid. The combination of azelaic-acid cream twice daily and 100 mg of oral minocycline (a tetracycline derivative) daily was even more effective, with 90% of patients achieving good or excellent results. Thus, azelaic acid, either alone or in combination with antibiotics, is an effective alternative to accutane." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"The FDA-approved package insert for accutane, an acne-control medicine, warns "Accutane may cause depression."19 The package inserts for dozens of other drugs have the same warning,20 so be sure you read the fine print for any drug that you have been prescribed. (3) Are you watching much television? You may be surprised to learn that I do not want my clients watching much television. My reasons are consistent with the Continuum Model. We decrease our metabolic rate whenever we lie down and rest." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Graham, testified that other drugs still on the mar- ket were unsafe, including accutane and Arava (for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis) that cause "an unacceptably high risk of acute liver failure and death;"148 Crestor (a cholesterol lowering drug) that causes myopathy and rhabdomyalysis; Meridia (a weight loss drug) that causes heart arrhythmias; and Serevent (an asthma drug) that causes a three-fold increase in the risk of death from asthma." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.)

"However, accutane is the only option that can potentially cure breakouts; all of the other methods merely keep the problem reduced or at bay. More than 50% of the people who take accutane for one round never break out again, and it eliminates oily skin altogether. Those odds are increased significantly for people who take it a second time (Sources: Skin Therapy Letter, March 2004, pages 1-4; Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, February 2004, pages 119-129; and Journal of the American Medical Association, August 2004, pages 726-735)." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"In addition to the products already mentioned, herbalist Susun Weed provides the following list of products to avoid: DES (diethylstilbestrol), laxatives, pHisoHex (or anything else containing hexachlorophene), hair dyes, phenobarbital, barbiturates, tranquilizers, epinephrine (adrenaline) shots, sulfa drugs, antibiotics, vaccines, anesthetics, mercury vapors in dentists' offices, steroids, hormones, and accutane (an acne medication)." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Accutane to treat bad acne for almost a month. I have taken 26 tablets, but stopped taking it when I thought I might be pregnant. I found out yesterday that I am indeed pregnant, and I am scared. I want to have this baby, but after reading about the drug causing birth defects, I am not sure. What should I do? A. We were shocked to learn that you have become pregnant while taking accutane. This acne medicine can cause very serious birth defects in a fetus." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"In 1999 Liam Grant, the father of an adolescent boy from Ireland who had killed himself after taking accutane, contacted me after hearing about some of my research on brain imaging of patients with depression. Several years before, the French division of Hoffman-LaRoche placed a warning on the drug's packaging that stated it could cause depression and suicide. However, this did not help the son of the man who contacted me, because the doctor and the drug company did not tell him about the risk of depression and suicide." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The FDA-approved package insert for accutane, an acne-control medicine, warns "Accutane may cause depression."19 The package inserts for dozens of other drugs have the same warning,20 so be sure you read the fine print for any drug that you have been prescribed. (3) Are you watching much television? You may be surprised to learn that I do not want my clients watching much television. My reasons are consistent with the Continuum Model. We decrease our metabolic rate whenever we lie down and rest." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Less serious than suicidal depression and birth defects, accutane can cause severe headaches in about 20% of patients and, more rarely, pseudotumor cerebri (a swelling of the brain that can be fatal). Other serious side effects include ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, severe joint pain, cholesterol elevation, and liver damage. Cholesterol and liver-enzyme levels need to be monitored during treatment, and treatment should be stopped if they are elevated." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "As reported in USA Today (Kevin McCoy, December 7, 2004, "Drug Maker Rebuffed Call to Monitor Users"), scientists at Roche had written a report in 1999 in which they expressed the opinion that accutane could cause depression. However, a Roche official testified in 2004 that the Roche marketing team argued against the report, stating that it could "impact on marketing strategy and product liability." What was going on here? Was selling a drug more important than helping people? My experience and my reading led me to the conclusion that it wasn't always about saving lives." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "In general, these drugs are fairly safe for healthy people, but they aren't as effective in the treatment of acne as medications like accutane (isotretinoin). Several prescription and nonprescription topical ointments can work in tandem with antibiotic treatment. In general, ointments are safer than ingested pills because very little of the active ingredients gets into your bloodstream. Benzoyl peroxide cream (NeoBenz Micro, Basiron, Brevoxyl, Stioxyl, Panoxyl, Proactiv) is an effective and safe first-line treatment that can be purchased over the counter or obtained by prescription." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Environmental chemicals such as mercury and lead, many prescription drugs such as Dilantin and accutane, recreational drugs including cocaine and alcohol, and even some illnesses including rubella, diabetes, and herpes are all potentially teratogenic agents and able to cause loss of a pregnancy, birth defects, or pregnancy complications. Pesticides and other contaminants found in the environment (including our food and water) can disrupt the hormonal and chromosomal cycles, leading to breaks in the DNA and a wide range of deformities and abnormalities in all animal species, including humans." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"From the time of its introduction, the maker of accutane strove to get across the point that this drug can cause birth defects. Women who take this medication must not get pregnant while they are on the drug or for sev- ** Isotretinoin (Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret) Isotretinoin is chemically related to vitamin A, so it controls cell division. Four to 5 months of treatment usually results in significant clearing of acne, sometimes lasting years." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"If someone takes acne medicine (like accutane) and vitamin A at the same time, this can increase toxicity in his body. Antibiotics can mess up with vitamin K. If he takes blood pressure medicines (like Accupril, Altace, Capoten, etc.) taking potassium at the same time can give him too much potassium and can be dangerous. Asthma drugs interfere with Alzheimer's disease drugs. We could go on for a few hours. For the side effects of side effects of Viagra we can do a whole study of chemistry at the university. Read Joe Graedon's book and it will give a bit of an idea what we are up against today." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Coskey. But accutane can cause birth defects and must be used with extreme caution in women of child-bearing age. If you're a woman using accutane, your doctor will require that you use a reliable method of birth control and that you be tested regularly for pregnancy. Other side effects often associated with accutane are extremely dry skin, nosebleeds, dry eyes, muscle aches and elevated triglycerides and cholesterol. Accutane therapy lasts for 16 to 20 weeks, and is 80 percent effective for severe acne, says Dr. Coskey." - the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books, Symptoms: Their Causes & Cures : How to Understand and Treat 265 Health Concerns (Get the book.)

"They are especially unsafe if you've been using tretinoin, Differin, AHA, or BHA; are having facial peels or laser procedures; taking Accutane; or if you have naturally thin skin or any skin disorder such as rosacea, psoriasis, or seborrhea." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.) "More than 50% of the people who take accutane for one round never break out again, and it eliminates oily skin altogether. Those odds are increased significantly for people who take it a second time (Sources: Skin Therapy Letter, March 2004, pages 1-4; Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, February 2004, pages 119-129; and Journal of the American Medical Association, August 2004, pages 726-735)." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.) "They are especially unsafe if you've been having facial peels; using Retin-A, Renova, AHAs, or BHA; or are taking Accutane; or if you have naturally thin skin ot any skin disotder such as rosacea, psoriasis, or seborrhea. Biore claims this product can pull an entire blackhead plug out of the skin. It can't. If you could grab a blackhead out of the skin, your skin would be left with an empty hole (and there is nothing in this producr that will close it up), but that's not what happens." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"After receiving surgery, radiation therapy, or both, 103 patients were given either accutane or a placebo (inert sugar pill), which they took daily for 12 months. The group receiving accutane had "significantly fewer second primary tumors." After 32 months, only 2 patients (4 percent) in the accutane group had second primary tumors, compared with 12 (24 percent) in the placebo group. Some of those in the placebo group had multiple cancers appear. Of the 14 second cancers, 13 (or 93 percent) occurred in the head and neck, esophagus or lung, the Houston researchers said." - Ralph Moss, PhD, Antioxidants Against Cancer: How to activate your bod natural healing powers with today's most protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods (Get the book.)

"Accutane, for example, has been shown to be of benefit in the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a blood cancer that affects the skin. There is also emerging evidence of Accutane's usefulness in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome, a premalig-nant condition with leukemia-like characteristics. accutane has, in addition, been able to shrink dramatically and, in some cases, completely eradicate oral leukoplakia, precancerous lesions found on the lips and inside the mouth." - Sheldon Saul Hendler, The Doctor's Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia (Get the book.)

"Also, anyone who has taken the drug accutane within the last year is not a candidate because during this period, the skin is too sensitive for a deep peel. The recovery process takes at least three weeks. Cost: Gentle peels run from $200 to $400 each.. .medium peels, from $200 to $1,200, depending on how much of the face is peeled... phenol or TCA peels, up to $4,000, also depending on the amount of skin treated. LASER AND PHOTO REJUVENATION Laser treatment tones the skin and improves skin texture. Photo rejuvenation uses pulsed light to eliminate age spots and undesirable pigmentation." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"If you're a woman using accutane, your doctor will require that you use a reliable method of birth control and that you be tested regularly for pregnancy. Other side effects often associated with accutane are extremely dry skin, nosebleeds, dry eyes, muscle aches and elevated triglycerides and cholesterol. Accutane therapy lasts for 16 to 20 weeks, and is 80 percent effective for severe acne, says Dr. Coskey. Post-Menopausal Bleeding when to see your doctor • You have any bleeding at all after menopause—light or heavy." - the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books, Symptoms: Their Causes & Cures : How to Understand and Treat 265 Health Concerns (Get the book.)

"For severe acne, a new treatment that is much safer than accutane has recently been developed. A treatment called Levulan PDT, or the "Blue Light Treatment," is ideal for patients of all ages, including teens. During a painless, in-office treatment, the face is first given a mild microderm-abrasion (sanding) to remove the surface layer of dead skin, then Levulan (5-aminole-vulinic acid) is applied to the face. This application makes acne bacteria more sensitive to light." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"We were shocked to learn that you have become pregnant while taking accutane. This acne medicine can cause very serious birth defects in a fetus. That is why the manufacturer recommends every woman have a pregnancy test before she starts on this drug and use effective contraception throughout therapy. Every time a pill is removed from its packaging, a symbol reminds the patient not to take this drug during pregnancy. Please discuss this serious matter with your physician and your partner." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"A notable exception is isotretinoin, or accutane, for acne, which remains on the market, mainly for youth, because there are no other options for treatment of severe acne.) But there is a long streak of luck at play as well. Will this pharmacological roll of the dice founder? As the sheer volume of drug approvals skyrockets, and as manufacturers get better and better at pushing physicians to adopt new meds faster, experts in the field of toxicology have begun to worry about the limits of their ability to assess risk." - Greg Critser, Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies (Get the book.)

"Drug therapy with a synthetic, prescription form of vitamin A (page 595) (known as accutane, isotretinoin, and 13-cis retinoic acid) has been reported to be more effecrive than treatment with 50,000 IU per day of beta-carotene.14 However, because of the potential toxicity of the vitamin A-like drug, it may be preferable to treat leukoplakia with beta-carotene, which is much safer. Before the research on beta-carotene was published, vitamin A was used to treat leukoplakia." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"He alleged GlaxoSmithKline's asthma drug Serevent; AstraZeneca's statin, Crestor; Pfizer's latest Cox-2 inhibitor, Bextra; Roche's acne drug, Accutane; and Abbott Laboratories' slimming drug Meridia (Reductil in the UK), as all having had the same whitewash treatment to present their best side, rather than the warts-and-all version people need if they are to live in what can be considered a civilized society. The stock market responded to Graham's remarks, with the share prices of all five companies concerned falling, some quite significantly." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

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