Number of Accutane Adverse Drug Reactions Worldwide
May 1998- Roche issued a letter to the Irish Medicines Board which disclosed that there were 40, 000 Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) on the Roche database in respect of Accutane
A review of all ADR data recorded since that time by all leading national health authorities suggest that the number of ADRs presently held on the Roche database in respect of Accutane is in excess of 55,000
Studies show that only 1 in 10 serious ADRs are ever reported
Publication by Bigby et al (1988) showed that 22% of Accutane ADRs relate to psychiatric disorders.