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Roaccutane (isotretinoin) PRECAUTIONS
Information for Patients: Females of childbearing
potential should be instructed that they must not
be pregnant when Accutane therapy is initiated,
and that they should use effective contraception
while taking Accutane and for 1 month after Accutane
has been stopped. They should also sign a consent
form prior to beginning Accutane therapy
Roaccutane (isotretinoin) ADVERSE
REACTIONS Clinical: Many of the side effects
and adverse reactions seen or expected in patients
receiving Accutane are similar to those described
in patients taking high doses of vitamin A. The
percentages of adverse reactions listed below reflect
the total experience in Accutane studies, including
investigational studies of disorders of keratinization,
with the exception of those pertaining to dry skin
and mucous membranes. These latter reflect the experience
only in patients with nodular acne because reactions
relating to dryness are more commonly recognized
as adverse reactions in this disease. Included in
this category are dry skin, skin fragility, pruritus,
epistaxis, dry nose and dry mouth, which may be
seen in up to 80% of nodular acne patients. The
most frequent adverse reaction to Accutane is cheilitis,
which occurs in over 90% of patients. A less frequent
reaction was conjunctivitis (about 2 patients in
5). Skeletal hyperostosis has been observed on x-rays
of patients treated with Accutane
Other types of bone
abnormalities have also been reported; however,
no causal relationship has been established. In
the post-marketing period, a number of patients
treated with Accutane have reported depression,
psychosis and, rarely, suicidal ideation, suicide
attempts and suicide. Of the patients reporting
depression, some reported that the depression subsided
with discontinuation of therapy and recurred with
reinstitution of therapy (see WARNINGS ). Approximately
16% of patients treated with Accutane developed
musculoskeletal symptoms (including arthralgia)
during treatment. In general, these were mild to
moderate and have occasionally required discontinuation
of drug. Less frequently, transient pain in the
chest has also been reported. These symptoms generally
cleared rapidly after discontinuation of Accutane
but in rare cases have persisted. Less than 1 patient
in 10 experienced rash (including erythema, seborrhea
and eczema); thinning of hair, which in rare cases
has persisted. Approximately 1 patient in 20 experienced
peeling of palms and soles, skin infections, nonspecific
urogenital findings, nonspecific gastrointestinal
symptoms, fatigue, headache and increased susceptibility
to sunburn. Accutane has been associated with a
number of cases of pseudotumor cerebri, some of
which involved concomitant use of tetracyclines
The following CNS
reactions have been reported and may bear no relationship
to therapy -- seizures, emotional instability, dizziness,
nervousness, drowsiness, malaise, weakness, insomnia,
lethargy and paresthesias. The following reactions
have been reported in less than 1% of patients and
may bear no relationship to therapy -- changes in
skin pigment (hypo- and hyperpigmentation), flushing,
urticaria, bruising, disseminated herpes simplex,
edema, hair problems (other than thinning), hirsutism,
respiratory infections, weight loss, erythema nodosum,
paronychia, nail dystrophy, bleeding and inflammation
of the gums, abnormal menses, optic neuritis, photophobia,
eye lid inflammation, arthritis, anemia, palpitation,
tachycardia, lymphadenopathy, sweating, tinnitus
and voice alteration. Reports of acne fulminans
and vasculitis, including Wegener's granulomatosis,
have been received, but no causal relationship to
Accutane therapy has been established. In Accutane
studies to date, of 72 patients who had normal pretreatment
ophthalmological examinations, 5 developed corneal
opacities while on Accutane (all 5 patients had
a disorder of keratinization). Corneal opacities
have also been reported in nodular acne patients
treated with Accutane
Dry eyes and decrease
in night vision have been reported and in rare instances
have persisted (see WARNINGS ). Cataracts, keratitis
and visual disturbances have also been reported.
Accutane has been temporally associated with inflammatory
bowel disease (see WARNINGS ). Delayed wound healing
has been reported. As may be seen with healing inflammatory
acne lesions, an occasional exaggerated healing
response, manifested by exuberant granulation tissue
with crusting, has been reported in patients receiving
therapy with Accutane. Pyogenic granuloma has also
been diagnosed in a number of cases.
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