**We’re sorry, but we are not at this time accepting new Accutane cases.**

Accutane is a widely-prescribed acne medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1982.  The drug was initially developed by Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc. as a chemotherapy treatment for certain types of cancer.  Hoffman-LaRoche discovered, however, that Accutane was potentially effective in treating severe acne that did not respond to other treatment and began aggressively marketing it for that purpose. Soon, however, Accutane was being frequently prescribed for common acne.

Accutane is the brand name for the drug isotretinoin, which is also marketed under the names Roaccutane, Claravis, Sotret and Amnesteem.  Known as a retinoid drug, Accutane is a synthetic form of Vitamin A.

While Hoffman-LaRoche was promoting Accutane as a miracle treatment for severe acne, there was mounting evidence that the drug could cause serious intestinal side effects such as inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel disease and rectal bleeding.  Without mentioning these side effects, La Roche pulled Accutane from the U.S. market and 11 other countries in the summer of 2009, saying that it was no longer making the drug due to the increased costs of defending lawsuits and competition from generic drugs.  It is estimated that approximately 13 million people were treated with Accutane or its equivalents between 1982 and 2009.

Ashcraft & Gerel LLP is currently reviewing potential Accutane lawsuits where individuals have taken Accutane and suffered from the following conditions:

• Crohn’s disease
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Rectal bleeding
• Irritable bowel disease
• Ulcerative colitis

If you or a loved one have suffered any of these conditions while taking Accutane or after discontinuing Accutane, please call us. You owe it to yourself to speak to an experienced pharmaceutical attorney to see if you have a case and to discuss the possibility of bringing a lawsuit to recover for your damages and injuries. The attorney will be able to ascertain if you have a claim for which a lawsuit can be pursued and whether the case and lawsuit can be brought to a successful settlement, verdict, award or other recovery. The experienced lawyer will also be able to advise you on any deadlines for bringing your legal claim for damages. Please contact the law firm of Ashcraft and Gerel, LLP to discuss your lawsuit with an experienced drug or pharmaceutical lawyer in our Drug Litigation Department.

The lawyers at Ashcraft and Gerel, LLP have been leaders in pursuing lawsuits involving unsafe drugs, implants, and infusions. Our attorneys have successfully brought about verdicts, settlements, awards or other recoveries in lawsuits on behalf of clients who have been injured by Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Propulsid, Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), Baycol, breast implants and AIDS tainted blood. Although some of these lawsuits resulted in class action settlements, class actions are not the only way these cases are handled. The courts have devised methods to deal with mass torts so that each lawsuit can benefit from information and evidence gathered in other lawsuits nationwide and yet be handled on an individual basis.

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