Bad
medicine: antibiotic prescription drug causes woman's skin
to fall off
If you're looking for a dramatic example of the dangers
of prescription drugs and yet another case of bad medicine,
look no further than this story. If it can be believed, a
woman's allergic reaction to a common antibiotic caused her
skin to start sloughing off. It should come as no surprise
that this condition is being reported as 100% fatal, yet
this woman miraculously survived.
I don't mean to make light of the seriousness of such a
situation, but I'm not sure I believe this story is actually
true. I'm skeptical that an antibiotic could cause such dramatic
and grotesque side effects, since most prescription drugs
kill their patients slowly, through less obvious effects.
But even if it's true, it certainly isn't widespread.
