GP suspended after teenager became pregnant while on isotretinoin

The 17-year-old experienced teratogenic complications

A GP has been suspended for three months after prescribing oral isotretinoin to a young woman who became pregnant while on the acne treatment, resulting in fetal cranial and cardiac malformations.

He claimed he had felt pressured to prescribe the medication after her family rejected a referral for a dermatologist because they could not afford it.