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A report on adding occupational chloracne to the list of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit diseases by IIAC.
Product Safety Report for Wau Wa Eczema Herbal Cream presenting a serious chemical risk.
Following an expert safety review of isotretinoin, the Commission on Human Medicines has agreed to a number of recommendations to strengthen the safe use of the treatment.
The MHRA has today announced that 2 Acnecide products will be formally reclassified from pharmacy to general sale list medicines.
We are reviewing the risks and benefits of the acne medicine, isotretinoin. In particular whether some of the possible psychiatric and sexual side effects continue after treatment has been stopped.
We remind healthcare professionals that isotretinoin should only be used for severe forms of acne resistant to adequate courses of standard therapy with systemic antibacterials and topical therapy. Prescription of isotretinoin should be supervised by specialist dermatologists with a full...
The Isotretinoin Expert Working Group of the Commission on Human Medicines has made recommendations to strengthen the safety of isotretinoin treatment. Recommendations include new warnings, the need for consistent monitoring requirements for psychiatric side effects, the introduction of new monitoring...
Employment Tribunal decision.
A review is being undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency with advice from the Commission on Human Medicines and the Isotretinoin Expert Working Group due to concerns about the possible association between isotretinoin and suspected psychiatric and...
Isotretinoin should only be prescribed by consultant dermatologist-led teams and dispensed only by a hospital pharmacy.
Cases of sexual dysfunction, predominantly involving erectile dysfunction and decreased libido, have been reported rarely in patients taking oral isotretinoin for severe acne.
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