With the help of Joseph Edgar – a popular blogger and investment banker , www.metronaija.com was able to get this very surreal tale of a banker, Charles Oben, whose life took a dramatically destructive turn in the course of seeking a healthy life.

A healthy Charles Oben
It started when Charles who worked with the UBA was posted to Burkina Faso and in his usual meticulous self visited a Cardiologist for a routine check. They found out that his urea level was high and the drug Zyloric (manufactured by Glaxo Smithkline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals) was prescribed. He bought the drug for about N1,300 and dutifully took administered dosage. However in less than 36 hours his life was turned into a living hell.

Blisters, skin peeling, eyes destroyed, bleeding from everywhere, bed sores and everything imaginable became his plight. His wife Joan flew in, saw her husband and melted. His children came in and ran away. Mirrors where kept away from him.

Charles condition is known as the Stephen Johnson Syndrome (SJS) typically caused by a severe allergic reaction to a medication. SJS usually begins with a Stevens Johnson Syndrome rash that can lead to blistering, severe peeling and open sores. The condition is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease .
Charles was eventually evacuated to the UK with the private efforts of Joan and his family and there he received succor but with lasting side effects. He has had two cornea replacement surgeries and much more devastating is the fact that he cannot shed a tear for the rest of his natural life. He has been confined to the use of artificial tear inducing drugs which he buys from America at the cost of $200 monthly.
He has dragged Glaxo Smithkline the manufacturer of the drug to court for the irreparable damages to his life.
Joan, Charles’ dedicated wife wants the Nigerian government to push the pharmaceutical companies in the country to take proactive steps in warning consumers not only about the side effect of their drugs, but also about the severity that such side effects may escalate.

She said, “drug companies will stop taking advantage of the populace. That legislation should force them to write the warnings in the right language and in the right context in the leaflet. If Zyloric, or any of its other commercial names can possibly lead to SJS, which can lead to blindness and death, it should say so on the drug and it should say so in the local language. English for Nigeria.”

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/09/photos-how-gsk-drug-turned-healthy.html

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omggggggg

*in mama peace voice* all this ppl doin fake druggggggg theres God oooo


FTC

Liks seriously

Chineke. I prefer herbal medicine

Gosh .

jonathanohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yah Rosulilahi "PBUH" this is too horrible for a man. I pray God help him ooooo. Herbal remain the best.

This is horrible!

Jesu.....eleyi gidi gor

Severe reaction. With the level of corruption in Nigeria most pharmaceutical companies can get away with selling untested drugs.

No b small matter ooo

Feel sorry for him

A little ridiculous to see that no attention is paid to the doctor who prescribed the drug. Was it prescribed in Nigeria or Burkina? Was he given any advice about usage and potential side effects? This is why I avoid all these sensational blogs, having taken pictures they have too little intelligence to dig out a useful story.

Dis one na real gbese o

Look like this is spiritual. May God be with the guy.

Drug meant for Gorilla is been shipped to Nigeria for testing And evaluation

Choi,Buhari must probe this.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmtSL76pTQc …>>Humanbeigns who have spiritual eyes listen to the utterance in this videos and they know it is TRUE but humanbeigns beign what theyy are will never accept the truth easily

The company should be made to pay.

Ebola ALERT! This might not be the cause bt a ploy to discredit the much revered GSK...

Hmmm... Speechless.

Mehn dah Guy dun turn 2 hulk

Still shivering








Mehn!

How fast things can change for good or bad

Ko ta bi?? Una go dey use una left mouth bad mouth herbals. See wot ur super infallible modern day drug don bring una. Dazall. Get well soon victim

HYPERSENSITIVITY...The doctor who prescribed this medication to him must have been ignorant of his medical record which is a blunder in Molecular medicine.
Thats the reason i prefer good herbal preparation.
Watch out for introduction of herbal medicine into course outline of medical students in Nigeria. The race has started!!!!

I lost my immediate brother to dis

I think i'll stick to weed ,chloramphenicol + Lipton + Chelsea and IIya fasila Agbo jedi