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Roche Pharmaceuticals has made up to $1.2 billion in profits per year by selling a defective drug to Americans that’s caused lifelong, debilitating injuries. You might not associate an acne medication such as Roche’s Accutane with bowel disease and colon removal, but that’s the tragic truth impacting many of the 5 million citizens who have taken Accutane since 1ᚖ.

How do we know this is true? Take jury verdicts, for one thing. Already, a half-dozen Accutane lawsuits have ended with juries awarding millions of dollars to victims as compensatory damages to be paid by Swiss-based Roche. In fact, a total of $56 million has been awarded so far in Accutane lawsuits, including more than $25 million provided for one Alabama man who’d had colon removal surgery due to his Accutane side effects injury.

Or take the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which placed a stern warning on Accutane and calls it “a potentially dangerous prescription medication.� Though the FDA first approved Accutane in 1982, later revelations of harmful Accutane side effects led to its re-evaluation by the government’s pharmaceutical industry watchdog.

Or take Roche itself which, when faced with mounting Accutane lawsuits, removed the defective drug from the market in America in 2009. Roche claims it did this because of increasing competition from generic Accutane manufacturers after Roche’s initial 20-year patent on the drug expired in 2002. But recent legal losses clearly had an impact on the timing of its decision.

Even so, Accutane remains widely available. Roche still sells Accutane in many other countries, and in America, Accutane continues to be manufactured, marketed and sold by other manufacturers in the form of generic Accutane. Such generic Accutane drugs include Sotret, Claravis and Amnesteem, as produced by Ranbaxy, Barr Laboratories and Mylan/Cardinal Health, respectively. All contain Isotretinoin, as does Accutane. While effective at fighting acne, Isotretinoin has been shown to cause serious Accutane injuries.

Such Accutane side effects can include an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis (UC). These are incurable, lifelong conditions which often necessitate surgeries and can involve removal of the colon.

If you or a loved one has suffered Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis or another bowel disease, alert an Accutane lawyer or attorney with Accutane-Lawsuit-Lawyer.com to get legal help in all 50 states. Your Accutane defective drugs lawyer can fight for your legal right to financial compensation, including medical costs, lost wages and pain and suffering. Submit the free case review form on Accutane-Lawsuit-Lawyer.com’s website or call toll-free to 1-800-339-0ᔞ and launch the process of your recovery.