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isoretinoin

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isoretinoin
13-cis-retinoic acid A proprietary vitamin A analogue used to treat refractory acne, leukoplakia, and induce long-term clinical and lab remissions in juvenile CML Teratogenicity It is a category X drug–ie, teratogenic, contraindicated in pregnancy–causes cardiac malformations–VSD, aortic arch and conotruncal defects, external ear deformity, cleft palate, micrognathia, CNS malformations. See Vitamin A analogues.
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Isoretinoin, marketed as Accutane in the US and Roaccutane in the UK, resolves acne in as many as 89% of patients.
Acne drug warning by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Dr Lee Zane, from the University of California at San Francisco, looked at the frequency of abnormal laboratory tests in 13,772 patients treated with Isoretinoin.
Medicine risk by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Your GP can refer you to a specialist who may prescribe a drug called isoretinoin if it is really bad, but this needs to be monitored by a dermatologist.
DOCTOR'S SURGERY; My son's in agony, but can't see doc for months by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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