{"id":4849,"date":"2016-05-17T00:08:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T04:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4849"},"modified":"2016-05-17T00:08:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T04:08:34","slug":"the-use-and-abuse-of-accutane-among-pregnant-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/the-use-and-abuse-of-accutane-among-pregnant-canadians\/","title":{"rendered":"The use and abuse of Accutane among pregnant Canadians <img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4850\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4850\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4850\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/4156710848_f38a9ec453_z.jpg\" alt=\"Image by Thomas van Ardenne via Flickr CC2.0\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/4156710848_f38a9ec453_z.jpg 500w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/4156710848_f38a9ec453_z-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/4156710848_f38a9ec453_z-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/4156710848_f38a9ec453_z-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image by Thomas van Ardenne <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7kjejq\">via Flickr CC2.0<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The potent acne medication\u00a0Accutane, also known as isotretinoin, is being used by pregnant women despite the risks the drug poses to a developing fetus as well as increasing the likelihood of miscarriage. The authors of a new study believe this shows Canada\u2019s program that aims to prevent pregnancy in women using Accutane is not effective. The program recommends two negative pregnancy tests before beginning treatment, as well as the use of two reliable methods of birth control during treatment.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study found 30 to 50 per cent of women taking Accutane do not comply with these requirements.The researchers examined anonymized patient records for nearly 60,000 women between 12 and 48 years old in four provinces &#8211; British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario &#8211; between 1996 and 2011.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Henry, MB ChB, Colin Dormuth, ScD, Brandace Winquist, PhD, Greg Carney , BSc, Shawn Bugden, MSc, PharmD, Gary Teare, PhD, Linda E. L\u00e9vesque, BSc(Pharm) PhD, Anick B\u00e9rard, PhD, J. Michael Paterson, MSc, Robert W. Platt, PhD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corresponding author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Henry,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Occurrence of pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes during isotretinoin therapy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmaj.ca\/content\/early\/2016\/04\/25\/cmaj.151243\" target=\"_blank\">Original paper<\/a>, published on April 25, 2016 in CMAJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The potent acne medication\u00a0Accutane, also known as isotretinoin, is being used by pregnant women despite the risks the drug poses to a developing fetus as well as increasing the likelihood of miscarriage. The authors of a new study believe this shows Canada\u2019s program that aims to prevent pregnancy in women using Accutane is not effective. 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