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Teen Pilot's Acne Drug Carried Suicide Warning
Wednesday, January 9, 2002
(2:26 PM ET)
Reuters

While the relationship between Accutane and depression remains unproven, the article said, the FDA strengthened the label warning in 1998 to say Accutane may cause depression and psychosis, and in rare cases may cause thoughts of suicide, suicide attempts and suicide.

TAMPA -- Reuters
A 15-year-old Florida pilot who crashed a stolen plane into a Tampa office building had a prescription for an acne drug that carried a label warning it might cause depression and suicide, police said on Wednesday.

Charles Bishop killed himself Saturday when he flew a single-engine Cessna into the 28th floor of the 42-story Bank of America building in downtown Tampa, an echo of the Sept. 11 commercial jet assaults on New York and Washington.

Police said they found a suicide note on Bishop's body expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden and support for the attacks, in which hijacked airliners were flown into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing some 3,300 people.

Washington holds bin Laden, a Saudi-born Islamic militant, responsible for the attacks and launched its war in Afghanistan to hunt him down.
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Suicide-inducing acne medication?

"My acne is so bad, I wish I were dead..."

Well, now we can grant you two wishes. A clear complexion, and an untimely demise.

At least kids will look better in their coffins now.

How about this for an idea? If a drug is prescribed for a minor (or anyone else for that matter) that may cause an adverse change in an individual's life-outlook (i.e., “I wanna kill myself -- and maybe take you with me...”), maybe there should be a few restrictions in place?

Dan