300 to 3,000 people committed suicides or homicides with Accutane (Roaccutane)

Review from Leonie Fennell’s blog: I have just finished reading “The goose that laid the Golden Egg” by Doug Bremner. It’s a factual account of a Roaccutane study done by Dr. Bremner, who discovered that this drug could and did cause suicide in some users. Following his discovery, Hoffman-La Roche then launched a vicious attack on Mr.Bremner, accused him of fraud (of which he was cleared), recruited an inside doctor to spy on him, and almost ruined his career.

What I found interesting about this book was that the study was instigated by an Irishman who lost his son to Roaccutane. This book is particularly scary because it is a factual account by Dr. Bremner and details the lengths that a pharmaceutical company, in this case Roche, will go to to protect their cash cow, even though they were aware from early on that this drug could cause people to kill themselves and others.

Read more on Leonie Fennell’s blog here.