When I was pregnant, I was told not to take Vitamin A in excess. I never really understood why but I just followed doctor’s orders. My multi vitamin supplement had Vitamin A content in it, but I believe that is regulated. So how can Vitamin A be bad for a pregnant woman? I wondered. After all it is just vitamins.
Then I read about Accutane. It is a form of Vitamin A and is very good for treating acne. But the downside is, it causes severe birth defects to children when their moms have taken even just one dosage of accutane while they were pregnant. Imagine that. As in, one wrong move and the child will be forever affected.
I never realized the gravity of what Accutane can do. But still people take it because of severe acne that would not go away after many kinds of treatment. With that, the United States government has regulated the use of Accutane and it should only be under the program called iPLEDGE where there are many stipulations prior to taking Accutane. And this is really especially stringent when it comes to women. There are already many accutane lawsuit 2010 and you would not want to be part of the figures.
So anyway, it is advised never to buy Accutane outside of the iPLEDGE program. It is really sad. Many people really suffer from acne and here is one good solution but the risks are so high. Sigh…So sad. Many acne sufferers would be really happy if not for the ill effects.
