Innocent Americans who have taken Accutane as a means of fighting severe acne now may find themselves suffering from a variety of harmful Accutane side effects, including gastrointestinal disorders.

These ailments can take the form of UC, or Ulcerative Colitis, or Crohn’s Disease. Both are inflammatory bowel diseases, but they affect different parts of the digestive system.

UC disease is often manifested by inflammation, sores or even ulcers which form in the linings of the colon and rectum, affecting the colon and intestines. These sores or ulcers can result in abdominal pain, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, along with anemia, rectal bleeding, fatigue, joint pain, weight loss and other maladies.

Crohn’s Disease also is an inflammatory bowel disease, though it affects the digestive system more deeply, including the small intestines, stomach, esophagus and mouth.

Users of severe acne medication Accutane also have suffered Accutane side effects such as suicidal impulses, depression and birth defects in newborn infants of women who took Accutane during pregnancy.

Such victims have a legal right to just and fair financial compensation for their losses, including medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering and even loss of a loved one, if death is involved. A defective drugs lawyer or Accutane lawyer can fight for such economic recovery via an Accutane lawsuit.

Introduced in 1982 by pharmaceutical manufacturer Hoffmann-La Roche, Accutane was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration. But when found to be harmful, it received a black box warnings of its risks on its packaging. That warning has come too late for many people, as has La Roche’s withdrawal of Accutane from the market in 2009, after the company made as much as $1.2 billion off the product in a given year.

But generic Accutane remains on the market, sold under such names as Amnesteem, Claravis and Sotret. Like Accutane, each has the active ingredient Isotretinoin. While Isotretinoin, a powerful drug, may ease acne, it also can cause such side effects as suicidal impulses, strokes and seizures, as well as IBD, Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease.

If you or a family member has suffered harm as a result of taking Accutane, alert a defective drugs lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates. The Accutane side effects caused by this severe acne treatment may merit an Accutane lawsuit in your behalf.

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