New isotretinoin legislation is based on misinformation

New isotretinoin legislation is based on misinformation
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  1. Andrew G Affleck, consultant dermatologist
  1. Dermatology Department, Ninewells Hospital, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UK
  1. andrew.affleck@nhs.scot

The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA’s) new legislation around the prescription of oral isotretinoin is disappointing.1

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It is a sad day when evidence is not used to influence clinical practice, and instead disproportionate weight is given to the views of a minority with substantial personal agendas and emotional biases attending a stakeholder event. The silent majority of patients have not been heard. The opinions of dermatologists who have been the …



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