One of the many lawsuits against Hoffmann-La Roche Inc, pertaining to there Acne drug Accutane and its connection to suicide, has ended. U.S. District Judge James Moody dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday at the request of lawyers for Julia Bishop and Karen Johnson, the mother and grandmother of Charles Bishop.

Charles Bishop is the boy who flew a stolen Cessna into the Bank of America Plaza, four months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, leaving a note sympathetic to Osama bin Laden.

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc made stated during the proceedings that Charles was a troubled young man and his use of Accutane was not to blame for his suicide. They also attacked the grieving family with court papers they filed say the boy’s parents tried to carry out a suicide pact before he was born, and his mother had numerous bouts of depression.

Julia Bishop and Karen Johnson decided to drop the lawsuit saying they were physically and emotionally unable to pursue the claim. This is unfortunate, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc are getting away with the fact that they never made testing for depression a requirement before administrating Accutane. Hopefully with the numerous other lawsuits coming there way, someone will have the strength to stay with it and make them accountable for deciding to over look and play down side effects for the all mighty dollar.

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc disputes the 200+ suicide by Acne sufferers taking Accutane. They may not be directly responsible, however they now say people should be tested prior to taking Accutane, when before there was no requirement for depression testing

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc also is faced with the 400+ bowel related health issues pertaining to Accutane as well. With all this they have to be held accountable for there poor decisions. Until then we can all hope their not sleeping well at night and that what comes around really does go around.

Jason Peipert, like millions of North Americans in the past two decades, started taking Accutane as a last resort to control his acne. Peipert knew there were some side but did not know however that in any way would result in his new ailment, inflammatory bowel disease. What makes this issue worse is that he is only one of the 400 similar claims around the country.

Peipert blames the acne medicine Accutane and its maker, Hoffman-La Roche Inc pharmaceutical company. The N.J. based company played down the risks of its wonder drug and played with the lives of acne sufferers for money. Peipert now is involved in a lawsuit held in Madison County against Hoffman-La Roche Inc The first trial regarding Accutane, which ended last month, resulted in the jury ordering Hoffman-La Roche to pay $2.6 million in damages, which of course the corporation is appealing. Now the Peipert lawsuit in Madison County, which Circuit Judge David Hylla, is set for October and will more than like be watched by all of North America since the verdict will set the trend for future lawsuits against Hoffman-La Roche.

All eyes now will be on the outcome of weather or not Hylla will allow Peipert’s attorneys to pursue punitive damages; a potentially large additional award if a jury finds wanton misconduct, gross negligence and fraud in Hoffman-La Roche’s actions./p>

Some of the early signs that you may be having serious side effects to the acne drug are debilitating abdominal cramping and rapid onset, severe diarrhea. In some cases the problems ultimately lead to surgery, removing the colon and facing life with a colostomy bag. Inflammatory bowel disease is a catch-all term for a number of health problems, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.

Hoffman-La Roche denies any conclusive link between Accutane and the bowel disease. On the drug’s label there is a plain-type warning stating that the drug has been associated with the disorder but this has been played down as a very minor chance. So shy is it then there are some 400 cases reported?

Some of the early signs that you may be having serious side effects to the acne drug are debilitating abdominal cramping and rapid onset, severe diarrhea. In some cases the problems ultimately lead to surgery, removing the colon and facing life with a colostomy bag. The best thing to do is discontinue use of Accutane until it has been proven to be connected to the bowel disease. Living with acne is easier that living with the side effects of Accutane.