WASHINGTON - Dermatologists are renewing their concerns that efforts to keep pregnant women from using a drug that can cause birth defects may also keep it from patients who need it for severe acne.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nickelodeon alum and 'I’m Glad My Mom Is Dead' author talked about a pregnancy scare she experienced while taking Accutane “I ...

Under iPLEDGE, every patient must enroll in a computerized registry. WASHINGTON -- It's about to get tougher to buy the acne drug Accutane, as the government imposes a last-ditch effort to prevent ...

Virtually no one opposes the goal of the mandatory new federal program governing the use of Accutane: to prevent pregnant women from taking the potent acne drug, approved in 1982, because it causes ...

Many women who take prescription drugs that can cause birth defects aren t that vigilant about using birth control, according to a new study. After analyzing a large database of prescription drug ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sufferers of serious acne will soon be able to buy the first generic version of the drug Accutane _ if they follow strict rules designed to keep the birth defect-causing drug out of ...

CHICAGO – Accutane, the powerful acne drug already known to cause birth defects, seems to raise the risk for potential heart and liver problems more than doctors had expected, according to a new study ...

It has been 13 years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a bold step to prevent birth defects caused by the only drug that can cure severe acne. Women were still getting pregnant while ...