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- FAERS spontaneous reports cannot establish causality and are prone to underreporting, reporting bias, and duplicate entries, limiting validity of incidence estimates.
- Concomitant antidepressant use and underlying psychiatric morbidity likely confound associations; analyses lacked adequate adjustment for indication and temporal relationships.
- Authors advise cautious interpretation, call for prospective pharmacoepidemiological studies, and recommend vigilant clinical monitoring of mood symptoms in isotretinoin-treated patients.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Jul 4:S0190-9622(26)03043-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.05.137. Online ahead of print.
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PMID:42401260 | DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2026.05.137
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