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Experts Offer Information about Potent Acne Medicine Accutane.
Publication: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) Publication Date: 11-OCT-02 |
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COPYRIGHT 2002 San Jose Mercury News
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...
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