Accutane and IBD?

Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a condition in which the bowels become red and swollen. Without delving into a dissertation on IBD, (after all this is a cosmetic site) there are two main types of IBD: ulcerative colitis which involves the colon and Crohn Disease which affects the ilium part of the small intestine and often the rectum. There does seem to be a relationship between Accutane and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In fact, Roche, the company that developed Accutane, recently... more