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Isotretinoin: History, Applications & Standards

Isotretinoin, also known as 13-cis-retinoic acid and sold under the brand name Accutane among others, is a medication used to treat skin diseases like harlequin-type ichthyosis, lamellar ichthyosis, and severe cystic acne or moderate acne that is unresponsive to antibiotics. Isotretinoin is used off-label to treat basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell…

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Isotretinoin topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Isotretinoin.

Related topics
145
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
151
Extracted relationships
279
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
151

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Adverse effects · 47 topics
Overview · 43 topics
Pharmacology · 29 topics
Medical uses · 12 topics
History · 11 topics
Brands · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

3D model (JSmol)
Interactive image
AHFS/Drugs.com
Monograph
ATC code
D10AD04 (WHO)
Bioavailability
Variable
CAS Number
4759-48-2 Y
ChEBI
CHEBI:6067 Y

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Medical uses

Adverse effects

Pharmacology

History

Brands

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Isotretinoin connects Entity context

The extracted context around Isotretinoin shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Isotretinoin → A-Cnotren, Absorica, Accuran, Accutane, Accutin, Acne Free, Acnecutan, Acnegen, Acnemin, Acneone, Acneral, Acnestar, Acnetane, Acnetin, Acnetrait, Acnetrex, Acnogen, Acnotin, Acnotren, Acretin Another extracted example is Isotretinoin → Accutane, After Peck, By, CDC, Centers, Despite, Disease Control, Drug Administration, FDA, Food, Gary Peck, Hoffmann-La Roche, However, In, National Cancer Institute, New Drug Application, Prevention, Roche, Roche Laboratories, Werner Bollag. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Isotretinoin

Top relations

related to Brands · 132
Isotretinoin → A-Cnotren, Absorica, Accuran, Accutane, Accutin, Acne Free, Acnecutan, Acnegen, Acnemin, Acneone, Acneral, Acnestar, Acnetane, Acnetin, Acnetrait, Acnetrex, Acnogen, Acnotin, Acnotren, Acretin
related to history · 21
Isotretinoin → Accutane, After Peck, By, CDC, Centers, Despite, Disease Control, Drug Administration, FDA, Food, Gary Peck, Hoffmann-La Roche, However, In, National Cancer Institute, New Drug Application, Prevention, Roche, Roche Laboratories, Werner Bollag
has effect · 13
Isotretinoin → Accutane, B16F-10, Dalton's, However, In, March, Premature, Psychological, The, There, This, UK's MHRA, Very
related to Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics · 10
Isotretinoin → Accutane, After, Due, John's Wort, Oral, OrthoNovum, SD, St, The, Three
related to Prescribing restrictions · 9
Isotretinoin → Additionally, Because, Drug Administration, Food, In, March, Prescribers, United States, Women
related to Eyes · 8
Isotretinoin → Dry, IIH, In, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, MGD, More, Other, Some
related to Mechanism of action · 8
Isotretinoin → Cell, Cutibacterium, Isotretinoin's, NGAL, One, RAR, RXR, The
related to Musculoskeletal · 8
Isotretinoin → Most, Myalgia, Other, Retinoids, Risk, The, While, X-ray
related to Sexual · 8
Isotretinoin → August, Drug Safety Update, EU, In October, The, There, This, UK MHRA
Legal status · 7
Isotretinoin → AU: S4 (Prescription only), BR: Class C2 (Retinoids), CA: ℞-only, EU: Rx-only, In general: ℞ (Prescription only), UK: POM (Prescription only), US: ℞-only

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

effects also drug side depression may acne use treatment people accutane include cause acid women fda skin psychosis roche defects

Isotretinoin relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 279 structured relationships around Isotretinoin. Examples in this analysis include Isotretinoin → 3D model (JSmol) → Interactive image and Isotretinoin → AHFS/Drugs.com → Monograph. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Isotretinoin3D model (JSmol)Interactive image1.00infobox
IsotretinoinAHFS/Drugs.comMonograph1.00infobox
IsotretinoinATC codeD10AD04 (WHO)1.00infobox
IsotretinoinBioavailabilityVariable1.00infobox
IsotretinoinCAS Number4759-48-2 Y1.00infobox
IsotretinoinChEBICHEBI:6067 Y1.00infobox
IsotretinoinChEMBLChEMBL547 Y1.00infobox
IsotretinoinChemSpider4445539 Y1.00infobox
IsotretinoinCompTox Dashboard (EPA)DTXSID40231771.00infobox
IsotretinoinDrugBankDB00982 Y1.00infobox
IsotretinoinECHA InfoCard100.022.9961.00infobox
IsotretinoinElimination half-life10–20 hours1.00infobox
IsotretinoinExcretionKidney and feces1.00infobox
IsotretinoinFormulaC20H28O21.00infobox
IsotretinoinIUPHAR/BPS76001.00infobox
IsotretinoinKEGGD00348 Y1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLegal statusAU: S4 (Prescription only)1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLegal statusBR: Class C2 (Retinoids)1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLegal statusCA: ℞-only1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLegal statusUK: POM (Prescription only)1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLegal statusUS: ℞-only1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLegal statusEU: Rx-only1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLegal statusIn general: ℞ (Prescription only)1.00infobox
IsotretinoinLicense dataUS DailyMed: Isotretinoin1.00infobox
IsotretinoinMedlinePlusa6810431.00infobox
IsotretinoinMetabolismLiver1.00infobox
IsotretinoinMolar mass300.442 g·mol−11.00infobox
IsotretinoinPregnancy categoryAU: X (High risk)1.00infobox
IsotretinoinPronunciationSee note at tretinoin1.00infobox
IsotretinoinProtein binding99.9%1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Isotretinoin bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Use, Acne and May. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Isotretinoin
    • Use
    • Acne
    • May
    • Women
    • Depression
    • Drug
    • Acid
    • Retinoids
    • Known
    • Receptors
    • Risk
    • Used
  • isotretinoin
    • Use
    • Acne
    • May
    • Women
    • Depression
    • Drug
    • Acid
    • Retinoids
    • Known
    • Receptors
    • Risk
    • Used
  • acne
    • Treatment
    • Skin
    • Isotretinoin
    • Roche
    • Drug
    • Also
    • Known
    • Used
    • Fda
    • Use
    • May
    • Retinoids
  • retinoic acid
    • Retinoic
    • Receptors
    • Skin
    • Known
    • Roche
    • Used
    • Accutane
    • Acne
    • Isotretinoin
    • Due
    • Retinoids
    • Psychosis
  • retinoic acid receptors
    • Retinoic
    • Receptors
    • Skin
    • Retinoids
    • Known
    • Roche
    • Used
    • Accutane
    • Acne
    • Isotretinoin
    • Due
    • Psychosis
  • erythromycin/isotretinoin
    • Use
    • Acne
    • May
    • Women
    • Depression
    • Drug
    • Acid
    • Retinoids
    • Known
    • Receptors
    • Risk
    • Used
  • adverse effects
    • Side
    • Include
    • Depression
    • May
    • Rare
    • Psychosis
    • Associated
    • Skin
    • Risk
    • Roche
    • Isotretinoin
    • Retinoids
  • new drug application
    • Taking
    • Associated
    • Defects
    • Fda
    • Isotretinoin
    • Reports
    • Birth
    • Women
    • People
    • Use
    • Suicide
    • Cases

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Isotretinoin, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Isotretinoin with Adverse effects. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
IsotretinoinAdverse effects · splits 104 ⟂ 48
IsotretinoinOverview · splits 108 ⟂ 44
IsotretinoinPharmacology · splits 122 ⟂ 30
IsotretinoinMedical uses · splits 139 ⟂ 13
IsotretinoinHistory · splits 140 ⟂ 12
IsotretinoinBrands · splits 148 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Isotretinoin

Nodes152
Edges151
Triples279
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013158
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Isotretinoin to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Isotretinoin · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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