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Historically Accutane came about after scientists looked at the power of vitamin A in the treatment of severe nodular acne.  Accutane is the brand name product from the drug manufacturer Hoffmann – La Roche.    

 

Accutane is derived and is a form of vitamin A and has been shown to reduce the amount of oil that is released from the glands in your skin.

 

Accutane can also have “off label” uses as well, but is not the focus of this article.

 

Accutane is a highly regulated drug under what’s known as the iPLEDGE program, and people considering taking this drug should take time to fully read and understand the problems that are associated with this product.

 

Accutane Side Effects.

 

There are many known common side effects possible from the use of Accutane. The first and most clear warning is for women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant. Accutane has been shown to create severe birth defects if the drug is taken during pregnancy.  Do not for any reason take Accutane if you are pregnant.

 

Accutane linked to Crohn's Disease.

 

Secondary warnings for Accutane side effects are for different chronic bowl related diseases or IBD. Included in this is an illness called Crohn's Disease, first identified from Dr. Burrill B. Crohn in 1932, in a clinical publication.  Some of the common symptoms of Crohn’s disease are cramping, fever, watery stool, the feeling of fullness and or gas.

 

Accutane Ulcerative colitis.

 

There may also be a correlation between the continued use of Accutane and a condition called Ulcerative colitis. This is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that can affect the large intestine and rectum.

 

As with any drug, please ask your medical professional before starting any regime.

 

It was found through research on Accutane that the manufacturer Roche has decided to remove this drug from the marketplace. They have notified the FDA of this important decision.

Accutane ulcerative colitis

Does anyone else absolutely love that cartoon about the owl family that's all about classical music but the one baby comes out singing some ridiculous song? I do. Like a lot. It's one of the few cartoon plots I actually remember well from when I was little.

I was going to title this blog Owl City, but then I wrote Owl Jolson and I decided to talk about that cartoon. Every time I am in this library I feel like someone is going to come up behind me and tell me I have to leave because I'm not doing schoolwork, but this is college and shit doesn't work like that anymore. i also think about getting on neopets but then I know I would never go to class and i can do that at home.

Speaking of home, I wonder whats for dinner? I've had Pepsi and sunflower seeds today, that's all. I'm going to be ridiculously tired when drawing comes around, but we start drawing with pen today! mmmmmm. I love pen. Pen and ink is better, but ink pen is fine.

I've actually been painting a little bit lately and that's nice. Right now I just have backgrounds and stuff down but that's ok. I made my sister a painting for her birthday and that kind of got me on a roll, so yeah. I need to price my stuff so that I can take it to stockbridge with Maddi soon. I wanted to go to the broadway show on friday, but I have no money. :[


I should probably go to class now.

I don’t know how families make it these days. Exactly what yearly salary does it take to live comfortably for a family of 4? To afford a reasonable house, afford a reasonable vehicle or 2, eat relatively healthy, be reasonably insured, and enjoy a reasonable amount of daily life?

 

I find myself chasing the elusive dollar. As soon as I get some, it’s gone. I work harder for more. As soon as I get it, gone again. I feel guilty because I’m a working parent. Albeit part time. Then I feel guilty that I don’t work enough. Albeit part time.

 

I have worked fulltime and our financial picture didn’t significantly change. We ate out more because I was too tired from working. We were all bloated from too much fast food, and depressed from being on task 24/7 with no down time and gained 15 pounds.  I’ve not worked at all and our financial picture didn’t significantly change either. We didn’t eat out as much. We were all depressed that we couldn’t eat bad food, had too much time on our hands and we ate too much homemade food out of boredom. The weight stayed on.

 

What is the goal? Is the goal to be home and broke but together? Or is the goal to chase the dollar and be too exhausted to enjoy it? How do we “In the Middle” make it?

Its 4 in the morning and I have a paper to write. I could have been done with it by now, but I hate this class and I do NOT want to do it. 

Gadolinium is a naturally occurring rare-earth metal. This metal has a few properties that are appealing to both the scientific and medical communities. Once such property of Gadolinium is that it is highly paramagnetic, paramagnetic materials are attracted to magnetic fields, thus have a relative magnetic permeability.

 

Medical uses for Gadolinium include intravenous MRI contrast agents in medical magnetic resonance imaging. Gadolinium is part of the solution that is injected or consumed orally before undergoing an MRI.  

 

MRI’s stands for magnetic resonance imaging and is a procedure that allows doctors to view different internal structures and functions in the human body. The MRI provides a very clear picture between soft tissue and bones. Most common use of MRI technology is for brain scans, but other common uses are cancer imaging and for cardiovascular scans.

 

The question of if Gadolinium is safe when used as a MRI contrast dye is currently being evaluated in the medical community. Since Gadolinium is a free ion it is highly toxic in nature.  It is considered safe when taken in what’s called a chelated compound. 

 

The FDA has approved the use of Gadolinium in the chelated form in contrast agents such as Omniscan, Multihance, Magnevist, ProHance, Vasovist and OptiMARK brands.

 

Questions remain whether or not this is truly a safe compound or not. There have been reported cases of renal (kidney) problems in some patients. The problem seems to occur with patients with renal failure that have had to undergo dialysis.

 

It is unclear what the connection is with these patients and the condition they develop after an MRI called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF ) and nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD). 

 

Both of these conditions are quite severe and can lead to death. These conditions are not genetic in nature, meaning they people do not have a precondition or are genetically prone to developing this.  So it appears that use of a Gadolinium based contrast agent is the sole cause for NSF and NFD.

 

While gathering information for this article we have noticed more than a few legal type websites used to gather information from people who have suffered NSF or NFD after an MRI was given.  We are closely watching the legal world to see if any potential class action lawsuits are forming.  

 

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis