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A cancer treatment drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma just last year has been linked to a serious adverse reaction known as Stevens Johnson Syndrome, or SJS, when used in conjunction with another medication.
Supermarket pharmacies throughout Pennsylvania are offering free antibiotics for those with prescriptions in an effort to ease the economic crisis for customers. However, some health care providers fear the free meds may do more harm than good, according to ABC Action News 6 in Philadelphia.
The FDA has approved a new treatment to reduce the risk of cancer returning in patients with gastrointestinal stomal tumors, a disease also known as GIST, however the medication has been linked to Stevens Johnson Syndrome, or SJS.
