I Have Been Taking Acutane 20mg for Exactly 2 Weeks, Found Out I Am 6weeks Pregnant. What is the Risk of Having a Deformed Baby?

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F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam) · Answer

Accutane is a black label medication meaning you absolutely cannot get pregnant while taking it. You need to do a negative pregnancy test twice (one month and then one month later) before you even begin a regimen. Who put you on this medication without doing that?? I cannot tell you if you will or won't have a deformed baby, but will tell you that as doctors we tell people it's a black label medication and recommend terminating any pregnancy that occurs during a course of Accutane. I'm sorry.

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