During its availability from 1982-2009, acne treatment Accutane was sold to about 16 million persons in various countries. Many were teens troubled by severe acne, but many others formed a wide range in ages and included both sexes.
Now all of them share one thing: the possibility of suffering an incurable, lifelong and debilitating bowel disease injury as a result of taking the prescribed yet defective acne drug. That’s why many are seeking Accutane lawsuits against the acne medication’s manufacturer, Swiss company Hoffman-La Roche, also known as Roche or as Roche Pharmaceuticals.
Their injuries can be traced to the chief active ingredient in Accutane: a potent and powerful drug called Isotretinoin. Isotretinoin does, in fact, fight acne, and it often produces successful acne treatment results. Indeed, Isotretinoin in Accutane has been shown to produce acne remission in 85 per cent of persons after a normal treatment course of four to five months.
But in the process of patients taking the oral medication, Isotretinoin also has triggered serious injury such as IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease. An IBD can be ulcerative colitis, or it can be Crohn’s disease, and either or both can be seriously damaging to human health.
Even since Roche’s 2009 Accutane recall, the harmful drug Isotretinoin remains available in the form of generic Accutane products, including Claravis, Sotret and Amnesteem. So acne drug injuries are not going away.
If you or a family member or relative has suffered a bowel disease injury after taking acne treatment Accutane, you may be legally entitled to substantial economic reward from Roche. But to get it, you’ll need a defective drugs lawyer or personal injury attorney from Accutane-Lawsuit-Lawyer.com.
With an Accutane lawsuit, this national attorney service can battle for your legal rights to just and fair and financial compensation for your injuries -- including money to cover your medical costs, lost salary and your pain and suffering. And jury awards can be major, considering that only six Accutane cases brought to trial already have provided plaintiffs with combined verdicts of $56 million.
To get started, simply submit the free case review form on this page or phone toll-free to 1-800-339-0606. Then you can get an Accutane defective drug lawyer for your state to help you get the justice that you deserve.