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Chloromycetin

American  
[klawr-oh-mahy-seet-n, klohr-] / ˌklɔr oʊ maɪˈsit n, ˌkloʊr- /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of chloramphenicol.


Chloromycetin British  
/ ˌklɔːrəʊmaɪˈsiːtɪn /

noun

  1. a brand of chloramphenicol

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The chief recommendation is that doctors using Chloromycetin for long-term or repeated treatment should keep close check on their patients' blood-cell counts.

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Though Chloromycetin causes these severe reactions in only one of an estimated 10,000 patients, Mrs. Love's attorney charged that Dr. Wolf had been negligent in prescribing it for such minor ailments.

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By far the biggest offender was Chloromycetin, with 56 cases charged against it.

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Also widely reported was a judgment of $180,000 against Parke, Davis in the case of a California woman who died seven years after receiving Chloromycetin.

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There is no doubt that chloramphenicol, better known by Parke, Davis & Co.'s trade name of Chloromycetin, is a potent and valuable antibiotic.

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