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100	1		_aGately, Gary.
245	1	2	_aA Drug's Dark Side / _cGary Gately.
260			_bBaltimore Sun, _c2001.
260			_bKnight-Ridder, _c2001.
440		0	_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2002. _nArticle 23. _pHealth, _x1522-323X;
500			_aThis MARC record contains two articles.
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
500			_aOriginally Published: A Drug's Dark Side, March 4, 2001; pp. 1N+.
500			_aOriginally Published: Acne 'Cure' Carries a Cost, Feb. 26, 2001; pp. n.p.
520			_a"A DRUG'S DARK SIDE" --- "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received reports of at least 66 suicides, another 55 suicide attempts and more than 1,300 cases of psychiatric problems among Accutane users. About half a million people a year use the drug to treat severe acne, according to Accutane maker Roche Laboratories." (BALTIMORE SUN) This article examines the potentially lethal side effects of this acne medication and provides a timeline of its history.
520			_a"ACNE 'CURE' CARRIES A COST" --- "As Americans spend more and more time and money to try and banish blemishes, these is growing concern over use of the only medicine that can be considered a cure for acne--Accutane...Wider Accutane use is a problem for the U.S Food and Drug Administration--and a mixed blesing for the manufacturer, Roche Laboraties Inc., of Nutley, N.J.--because the drug can have dreadful side effects. It can cause birth defects and miscarriages in women who get pregnant while taking the drug. It has been linked to hepatitis, swelling in the brain, and acute pancreatitis. It may even trigger psychosis and compares its efficacy in treating pimples to that of antibiotics.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aDrugs _xLabeling.
650		0	_aAcne.
650		0	_aDepression _xMental.
650		0	_aDrugs _xSide effects.
650		0	_aIsotretinoin.
650		0	_aSuicide _xRisk factors.
650		0	_aSuicide victims.
700			_aMcCullough, Marie.
710	2		_aSIRS Publishing, Inc. _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2002. _pHealth., _x1522-323X.
740			_aAcne 'Cure' Carries a Cost / _cMarie McCullough.
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