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Studies Highlight Need to Prevent Exposures During Pregnancy to Medications Known to Cause Birth Defects.(Brief Article)
2001 SEP 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that despite prevention efforts some women who take Accutane(R) (Hoffman-LaRoche), a prescription medication given for severe acne and known to cause birth defects, still become pregnant while on this medication.
The CDC also reported that a symbol intended to remind women that they must not get pregnant while taking these medications is commonly misinterpreted.
The two studies, "Continued occurrence of Accutane-exposed pregnancies" and "Interpretations of a teratogen warning symbol", are published in the September 2001 issue of the journal Teratology. A teratogen is a drug or exposure that causes birth defects.
Since 1988, the CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have worked closely to help educate health care providers and women of reproductive age who may be prescribed Accutane. The devastating birth defects caused by Accutane include brain defects, heart defects, and facial defects such as babies born without ears.
Current recommendations are that women taking Accutane who could possibly be or become pregnant should:
* have two negative pregnancy tests, including one on the second day of their next normal menstrual period, before beginning the medication
* use two forms of effective birth control
- National registry recommended to thwart Accutane-related birth defects.
- Newspaper article from: Drug Week March 19, 2004 700+ words
...of the acne drug Accutane may soon find it...because it causes birth defects. Under the plan...workers who prescribe Accutane and drugstores that...babies born with Accutane-caused birth defects since 1982. This...
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- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Webb, Marion December 6, 2004 700+ words
...dispensing the ache drug Accutane and its generic equivalents...risk of causing severe birth defects. The move, announced...five drugs, including Accutane, remained on the market...about the risks of Accutane, in particular women about the risks of birth defects. Repeated ...
- Accutane Causing Miscarriages, Major Birth Defects; Tighter Controls Urgently...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 25, 2004 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Major birth defects caused by exposure to Accutane and other brands...Boston University Accutane Survey (BUAS...Laboratories, makers of Accutane, reported to FDA...of which 162 had birth defects. FDA says there...
- Accutane causing miscarriages, major birth defects.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Business Week March 22, 2004 700+ words
...net) -- Major birth defects caused by exposure to Accutane and other brands...Boston University Accutane Survey (BUAS...Laboratories, makers of Accutane, reported to FDA...of which 162 had birth defects. FDA said there...
- Severe acne treatment causes birth defects.(accutane)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry September 18, 2000 700+ words
...s acne drug Accutane, amid concerns...can cause severe birth defects. A spokesperson...safety and risk of Accutane. A number of babies with severe birth defects have been born...programme for women on Accutane.' This programme...
- U.S. registry for patients of acne medication Accutane debuts; guard against...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire December 30, 2005 700+ words
...continue prescribing or selling Accutane and any of the three generic...the drug. If a woman uses Accutane during pregnancy, or should...thalidomide, which also causes birth defects in Europe in the 1950s but...FDA. The manufacturer of Accutane, Roche Laboratories Inc...
- FDA implements Accutane registry to prevent birth defects.(NEWS)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Medical Marketing & Media McGuire, Stephen September 1, 2005 700+ words
PRESCRIBERS AND users of Roche's acne drug Accutane (isotretinoin) and its generic versions must enroll in an unprecedented national registry designed to guard against birth defects and other side effects. The registry, which is dubbed iPLEDGE...
- iPLEDGE program links Accutane with birth defects.(Brief article)
- Newspaper article from: The Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update April 1, 2006 700+ words
...the risk of becoming pregnant while taking isotretinoin (Accutane and its generics), will be implemented on March 1, 2006...should not take the drug, as it carries a significant risk of birth defects (see story, page 1 of this issue). [www.fda.gov]
- iPLEDGE program links Accutane with birth defects.(News Notes)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Brown University Psychopharmacology Update May 1, 2006 700+ words
...about the risk of becoming pregnant while taking isotretinoin (Accutane and its generics). The program will begin on March 1, 2006...should not take the drug, as it carries a significant risk of birth defects. [www.fda.gov]
- Accutane.(Drug overview)
- PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs January 22, 2007 700+ words
...Most important fact about Accutane Because Accutane can cause severe birth defects, including mental retardation...the capsules. Do not share Accutane with anyone because of the risk of birth defects and other serious side effects...
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