Experts have stated that the risk of suicide does not appear to rise from a popular acne drug.

Following a 2007 study that stated it could cause severe depression and lead to suicidal thoughts; doubts have been cast over isotretinoin.

The drug alone does not appear to increase the risk has now been found by a new research on more than 5,700 people.

Stopping whiteheads and blackheads is what Isotretinoin does apart from increasing the rate at which old skin cells die and new skin cells are produced.

For attempted suicide in the latest research, 128 of the patients were admitted to hospital.

Experts found that the risk of suicide was higher than that before treatment in the six months after treatment with the drug.

It was seen that of 32 patients who made their first suicide attempt before treatment, about 38 per cent made a new attempt or committed suicide.

A new attempt or committed suicide during a 15-year follow-up was made by 71 per cent of the 14 who made their first suicide attempt within six months after treatment was stopped.

After seeing the above happenings, the authors concluded, "An increased risk of attempted suicide was apparent up to six months after the end of treatment with isotretinoin, which motivates a close monitoring of patients for suicidal behavior for up to a year after treatment has ended."