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...Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week tightened restrictions on the prescription acne medication Accutane (isotretinoin) and its generic equivalents. The drug has long been known to cause birth defects, and in 2002, Accutane's manufacturer, Roche, had put a program in place to further limit fetal exposure. But now the FDA says that program, along with several similar efforts to restrict use of the generic equivalents, created confusion and failed to protect pregnant women and their embryos. Under the new measures, manufacturers will register doctors who prescribe the drug, pharmacies that dispense it and patients who take it. Patients...
...slight exceptions, a nearly unlistenable piece of crap. It inspires a trancelike state of boredom punctuated by forehead-slapping grimaces of sympathetic embarrassment at its colossally stupid lyrics. The pain starts with the opening track, “What You Waiting For,” which opens with a generic beat and leads into a repeating chorus of “take a chance, you stupid ho.” It’s followed by “Rich Girl,” an excruciating cover of “If I Were a Rich Man” from...
...Oona’s are good—I got a gorgeous Audrey Hepburn-style dress in red crepe for $10. White also stocks new accessories, including legwarmers and fishnets, in order to follow current trends. But that doesn’t mean you’ll find anything generic here. “When everyone sells something, I don’t sell it,” White says...
...weeks, generic gimmicks and average advertisements have been undermining the unique charm of Harvard Square. The younger siblings of the bells that wake Yard-dwellers every morning at quarter-to-nine now chime constantly on street-corners and, consequently, in nightmares of every description. Indeed, any attempt to clear one’s head and get some fresh air is foiled by the unchecked proliferation of tinsel. The best part: these little pre-fabricated, plasticized pieces of pure pleasure won’t go away for weeks. When it comes to commercial Christmas decorations, the silver lining isn?...
ACCUTANE This drug works wonders for severe acne when all else fails. Doctors have long known, however, that Accutane (generic name: isotretinoin) can cause birth defects in pregnant women. Indeed, the drug comes with a black-box warning, the strongest available to the FDA, to that effect. But each year several women still become pregnant while...