POSITIVE ACCUTANE RESULTS VIS-à-VIS THE NEGATIVE

Posted on May 13th, 2010 by admin, under Law.

Accutane is an acne treatment medication used for the treatment of severe cases of acne vulgaris in the face, neck, chest, nape and back, characterized by red lesions and severe inflammations that often lead to scarring. Accutane Results did not seem positive at first but after several weeks of continued use, as claimed by users, their skin started to clear up and once improvement started, the results were quite “dramatic”. The redness and swelling of severe acne started to lessen and pustules characteristic of severe acne vulgaris remarkably disappeared. Unfortunately, despite such positive results, users and takers of the meds had no clue about the negative side effects until later. The negative side effects included inflammatory bowel diseases with the following manifestations: stomach and chest pain, yellowing of the skin or eyes, remarkably increased heartburn, joint or muscle pains, leg swelling and/ or high cholesterol levels in the blood; and severe depression that might have resulted in psychiatric disorders. Symptoms associated with the latter include sadness, irritability, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, difficulty concentrating, radical changes in sleep patterns and sudden violent tendencies. These symptoms, when present in former Accutane takers should be immediately reported to a health professional in order to thwart possibly more disastrous results. Considering all these, it seemed that the negative consequences of Accutane intake far exceed the positive results. Accordingly, Accutane was withdrawn from distribution and sale in 2009. Not only that, but women who were pregnant while taking Accutane either had miscarriages or had babies with serious birth defects.