University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is attempting to learn why inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is increasing in America. Indeed, it’s a crisis, with 30,000 persons newly diagnosed each year and over 1 million already enduring a painful and lifelong IBD.
The number of Americans suffering IBD could be even greater, but many are reluctant to discuss the embarrassing condition, which can involve diarrhea, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps. IBD is not something people tend to discuss with the weather. This contributes to the mystery which seems to shroud IBD and its increase.
At Accutane-Lawsuit-Lawyer.com, we can guess what UT Southwestern will find: IBD is mushrooming because, in the years that defective acne drug Accutane was available, more than 5 million Americans took it.
Later the prescribed oral acne medication was shown to cause an IBD such as Crohn’s disease (also called Crohns disease) and ulcerative colitis, both incurable and debilitating conditions. And this truth -- this reality -- has spurred many Accutane lawsuit actions against the drug’s negligent manufacturer, Roche Pharmaceuticals.
UT Southwestern doesn’t seem to grasp this yet, which is why it’s studying the situation.
According to Dallas TV station WFAA, an ABC affiliate, IBD most assails persons between 15 and 35 years old. Of course, that’s also the primary age group harboring those who suffer acne.
The station says IBD is on the rise for unknown reasons, which UT Southwestern will examine via a new comprehensive program. That program will gather information from research, physicians and dieticians about Crohn’s and colitis. UT Southwestern then hopes to find a reason for the IBD surge.
Here’s a reason: Millions of Americans took Accutane over the years, and still more are taking generic Accutane -- Sotret, Claravis and Amnesteem -- since Roche pulled Accutane from the market in a 2009 Accutane recall. And Accutane, sadly, directly causes IBD.
Before Accutane arrived, there was less IBD. Now there’s more. You do the math.
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