Taking Accutane May Increase Risk of Crohn’s Disease…

A recent article published at OpedNews.com talks about the need for FDA to ban the use of the drug Accutane. Accutane is a drug used in patients with heavy and uncontrollable acne. However, an increased risk of IBD does not seem to be the only problem it has:

Unfortunately hundreds of parents already know that Accutane can cause some teenagers to commit suicide, but new evidence of a link between the acne drug and depression in the journal, Neuropsychopharmacology…

But, this article also claims that recently American Journal of Gastroenterology just reported that those taking Accutane have an increased risk of developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease, such as Crohn’s Disease:

Last month, another serious side effect of the drug was reported in a study published in the August 2006, American Journal of Gastroenterology, that confirmed that people taking Accutane have an increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).