Use of controversial acne drug named as Roaccutane can lead to abortion, according to specialists.

 Roaccutane is used for the treatment of severe, persistent acne, but the headlines in recent years for its unproven links with depression and suicide.

Dr Stephen Shumack, who is a secretary of the Australasian College of Dermatologists said that was a risk that patients should be informed about the risks of birth defects in children born to women who Roaccutane, forcing them to require abortion.He said that under current arrangements very few pregnancy issues with drugs.

He said that under the current system would be very few pregnancy issues with drugs.

More than 140,000 prescriptions were written for Roaccutane in the past year, but prescribing is limited to 400 persons and Dermatology Specialists.

However, the Therapeutic Goods Administration national drug and poisons scheduling period committee said that it would consider the proposal on the extension of prescribing rights include GPS 18000.

Roaccutane manufacturer Roche, and some companies that sell drugs in general, have refused the request