Accutane Side Effects
Accutane Side Effects and Warnings:
Stomach Aches caused by Accutane
Generic name: Isotretinoin
Brand names: Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis, Decutan, Isotane, Sotret, Oratane, Roaccutane
Accutane is a medication primarily prescribed for the treatment of severe acne.
To this date approximately 5,000 personal injury lawsuits have been filed against Pharmaceutical giant Roche, the manufacturers of Accutane, alleging that the medication caused serious side effects. Accutane lawsuits have been filed against the company due to adverse reactions to Accutane including (but not limited to):
Some other Common Reactions to Accutane Include:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Pain and swelling of the lips
- Severe itching
- Alopecia (hair-thinning/hair-loss/baldness)
- Fragile and weaker skin
- Vision problems
- Decreased night vision (onset may be sudden)
- Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
- Contact lens intolerance
- Dry mucous membranes (dry nose, lungs, bladder, anus)
- Peeling skin on palms/soles
- Nail changes
- Nosebleeds
- Photosensitivity (sensitivity to light)
- Elevated triglycerides in the blood
- Elevated liver enzymes (indicating liver damage)
- Tinnitus (ringing in ears or buzzing in ears)
- Joint pain and muscle pain
- Back pain
- Depression
Serious Reactions to Accutane
Side Effects of Accutane
- Depression
- Erectile dysfunction (difficulty in maintaining erection)
- Violent behavior/aggression
- Psychosis (seeing or hearing things that are not real)
- Suicidal ideation (rare)
- Suicide attempts
- Hearing impairment
- Pseudotumor cerebri (swelling pressure in the brain)
- Osteopenia/osteoporosis (loss in bone mass and strength/weak and fragile bones)
- Hepatotoxicity (liver damage)
- Anaphylaxis (rapid and deadly allergic reaction)
- Allergic vasculitis (inflammation and damage to blood vessels)
- Major birth defects
- Cataracts/corneal opacities (can cause a decrease in vision and lead to eventual blindness)
- Premature epiphyseal closure (short stature)
- Neutropenia (low white blood cell count, which makes the body vulnerable to bacterial and fungal infections)
- Agranulocytosis (a serious condition in which white blood cells decrease in number or disappear altogether) (rare)
- Rhabdomyolysis (potentially fatal disease that destroys skeletal muscle) (rare)
- Inflammatory bowel disease (inflammation of the intestine and resulting in abdominal cramping and persistent diarrhea)
- Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas, an organ important in digestion)
- Vascular thrombosis (heart attack)
- Stroke
- Seizures
