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Criticizing Isotretinoin can only come from someone who doesn't understand what big of a deal acne can be. That drug saves millions of human lives from suicide.
by s9w 12y ago
Criticizing Isotretinoin can only come from someone who doesn't understand what big of a deal acne can be. That drug saves millions of human lives from suicide.
- x0x0 12y agoMillions of lives from suicide? Only ~800k people successfully commit suicide annually, and somehow many people survived quite bad acne before this drug. I'm not saying severe acne or associated scaring can't cause mental health issues, but the list of side effects includes suicidal ideation, suicide, birth defects (it's a teratogen), depression (notably at the rate of between one in 1k and one in 10k), etc. This list [1] is quite extensive, and I'm glad I didn't have to sit on the fda council that decided this list of side effects was ok in a drug that, after all, just prevents some cosmetic scaring. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotretinoin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotretinoin
- csomar 12y agoDid you go through the treatment? I was a victim of Isotretinoin, and at some point I might have lost my sight.