Many people suffer from embarrassing, uncomfortable, and sometimes painful, acne in their teens and even into adulthood. The market is currently flooded with treatments, potions, and medications that purport to help alleviate or even cure acne. One of these medications, which is generically known as Isotretinoin, is marketed under the brand-name Accutane. Although the medication is effective in clearing skin, it has numerous potential side effects, some of which are extremely serious or even deadly.

The side effects from this medication range from mild to severe. Some of the more mild reactions include itchy skin, dry eyes, and headaches. Other common side effects are hair loss, a rise in the glucose level in the blood, and raised liver enzymes. Some of the most severe reactions to Accutane include night blindness, inflammatory bowel disease, menstrual problems, hepatitis, and cornea problems.

Interestingly enough, another side effect is rosacea, another skin ailment that causes red, dry, and itchy skin. Although you may have taken Accutane to make yourself less concerned about the appearance of your skin, it may actually have made it worse. Additionally, there are several reactions to Accutane that do not cease, even after someone has stopped taking the drug: alopecia (hair loss), arthralgias, decreased night vision, degenerative disc disease, keloids, and bone disease. In rare cases, suicide from depression has also occurred.

If you have taken Accutane and have experienced any of these side effects, you should speak with your physician. If you doctor determines that Accutane is the cause of your illness or other problem, you should consider speaking with an attorney. Only an attorney who has experience in personal injury cases can fully explain to you what options you have, and if a potential lawsuit against the manufacturer of Accutane is warranted.

Oftentimes drug manufacturers are unaware of certain possible side effects, or they might not tell the public that certain side effects are fairly common. Most people are aware that some side effects are possible, but if the drug manufacturer has not fully disclosed the potential side effects or how common they are, this can be a cause of action in a lawsuit. Although drugs have to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that does not always mean that they are safe. Numerous drugs that had been approved by the FDA were later recalled because they resulted in severe illness, injury, or even death.

An attorney will be able to explain to you what kind of procedures will be taken in order to pursue a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer. Typically, your attorney will meet with your doctor and possibly have a medical expert review your medical history, charts, and maybe even examine you. Armed with this information, your attorney will likely file a lawsuit or talk to the attorneys for the drug manufacturers about a potential settlement. The better your case, the higher of a settlement you will be offered. If the other side does not wish to settle, you will have to go to trial. At a trial, you will likely have to testify about the medication that you took and what happened to you after taking it. Your attorney will also present testimony from medical experts to show how Accutane caused your particular illness or injury.

Depending on the harm that has been caused to, you should be able to recover lost wages, medical bills, and perhaps even compensation for your pain and suffering. Again, these are things that your attorney will be able to explain to you in great detail. You have nothing to lose, so contact an attorney who will fight to get you money from the drug company that has caused you so much pain. You owe it to yourself and your family to call an attorney today.