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Experts Offer Information about Potent Acne Medicine Accutane.
Byline: Julie Sevrens
Oct. 11--For teens with severe, disfiguring acne, sometimes there's only one answer: Accutane, a popular drug that can dramatically reduce scarring and boost self-esteem.
Yet the suicide Monday of a 14-year-old Palo Alto boy who jumped in front of a train has many parents and kids wondering if the medication is worth it.
The Santa Clara County medical examiner said the high school freshman had a prescription for the drug, and his office is trying to determine whether it was in the boy's system when he died Monday morning. There is no conclusive evidence the drug had anything to do with the boy's death, but it does carry a label warning doctors and patients about ...
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...that the suicide rate among Accutane users is lower than the rate...Because of the concerns about Accutane, Roche, as the company...with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to produce a brochure to...most likely to be prescribed Accutane, spokeswoman Carolyn Glynn...
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