Above is the message which is being circulated around the world regarding the trial of Gatifloxacin on 390 typhoid patients in Patan Hospital by a team of our Nepali Doctors.
But I am horrified to read about Gatifloxacin and its side effects. This drug was withdrawn from the USA market on 1st May 2006 due to its serious and life-threatening side-effects. It's very puzzling that a drug that has been withrawn from the US market because of its life threatening side effects will be matketed as a " big breaktrough" in Nepal. I thought it is my duty to inform all of us concerned and those involved in patient care and lets not make our own people guinea pig of the drug companies.
Please visit following sites for the detailed information:
Gatifloxacin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tequin Adverse Side Effect News and Information