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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

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Doctors' journals carry frequent accounts of severe anemia and deaths associated with Chloromycetin.

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A few months after she took Chloromycetin late in 1958, Mrs. Love felt weak and went to another doctor, who diagnosed aplastic anemia, in which the bone marrow fails to make enough blood cells.

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The FDA got the National Academy of Sciences to set up a committee of topflight experts to study Chloromycetin.

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

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Chloromycetin also saves lives, and in some cases when no other drug is likely to do so.

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