Posted by djmmm on November 18, 2002, at 16:13:21
In reply to Re: Accutane Model for Depression, posted by utopizen on November 17, 2002, at 20:13:54
> I took two 5-mos. therapies of accutane. accutane.
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> It does NOT even have a CASUAL link to mood. My mood was never affected at all.
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> It does NOT have any casual link to mood.
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> And oil is not necessarily the cause for acne. People can have dry skin and still have acne. Or oily skin and no acne. There's no casual link between acne and oil, either.
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> And NO, that 15 year old DID NOT have Accutane in his blood at the time of crashing his plane.
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> Millions of teens take this drug, trust me, we'd know by know if there was any casual relationship-- the real problem is that some kids take it with pre-existing depressive conditions that are not diagnosed, they commit suicide, and their parents go "oh, must be these evil acne pills."
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>Your reasoning and conclusions are flawed because you are presenting something as a universal fact, that is based solely on YOUR personal experience.
you wrote "It does NOT even have a CASUAL link to mood. My mood was never affected at all..."
and your conclusion, again was "It does NOT have any casual link to mood."
The facts are, as of december 2000 the fda has received 1,373 report of psychiatric problems associated with accutaine, of these 66 were suicides. Depression has been listed as a possible side effect on Accutane's label since 1986.
another fact, During the drug trial, 26 out of 600 patients experienced psychiatric problems.
Also, there is a condition known as hypervitaminosis, in this case, hypervitaminosis A. There have been a few documented reports of psychiatric reactions, including schizophrenia and psychosis.
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