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Drug Injury: Accutane® Drug Birth Defects
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What are the risks of Accutane regarding birth defects?
The risks of birth defects from Accutane are extremely high. The FDA warns:
"Accutane must not be used by female patients who are or may become pregnant. There is an extremely high risk that severe birth defects will result if pregnancy occurs while taking Accutane in any amount, even for short periods of time. Potentially, any fetus exposed during pregnancy can be affected. There are no accurate means of determining whether an exposed fetus has been affected.
Birth defects which have been documented following Accutane exposure include abnormalities of the face, eyes, ears, skull, central nervous system, cardiovascular system, and thymus and parathyroid glands. Cases of IQ scores less than 85 with or without other abnormalities have been reported. There is an increased risk of spontaneous abortion, and premature births have been reported."
How high are the risks?
Before Accutane went on the market, studies showed it could cause fetal abnormalities in lab animals and, once it was approved, the FDA warned users of potential birth defects with Accutane use.
According to The New York Times, since 1982, 25 to 35 percent of babies whose mothers took Accutane during their pregnancy suffered malformations of the head, face, and heart. Many more developed learning disabilities and other problems not obvious at birth. More recently, numerous reports of severe depression and suicide attempts have been linked to Accutane users.
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