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DrObum:
There's nothing to sue anybody for.

Nobody did wrong there. He simply had an adverse drug reaction which is quite rare but has been numerously documented in medical literature.

Doesn't mean that everybody that takes that drug would react that way, but it happens.

Sir, are u alright to think no one has done wrong?
Its either the Pharmacist's, Physician's or patient's fault.
Am very sure it's not the fault of GSK.

ehie:
I am afraid he wont win his suit because on the medicine there were a lot of warnings
His doctor is probbal at fault



What you need to know before you take Zyloric
Do not take Zyloric if:
you are allergic (hypersensitive) to allopurinol or any of the other ingredients of Zyloric (listed in Section 6).
If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Zyloric.
Warnings and Precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking your medicine if:
you are of Han Chinese, African or Indian origin
you have problems with your liver or kidneys. Your doctor may give you a lower dose or ask you to take it less often than each day. They will also monitor you more closely.
you have heart problems or high blood pressure and you take diuretics and/or a medicine called ACE-inhibitors.
you are currently having an attack of gout.
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Take special care with Zyloric:
Skin rashes have been reported in patients taking allopurinol. Frequently, the rash can involve ulcers of the mouth, throat, nose, genitals and conjunctivitis (red and swollen eyes). These serious skin rashes are often preceded by influenza-like symptoms fever, headache, body ache (flu-like symptoms). The rash may progress to widespread blistering and peeling of the skin. If you develop a rash or these skin symptoms, stop taking allopurinol and contact your doctor immediately.
If you have cancer or Lesch-Nyhan syndrome the amount of uric acid may increase in your urine. To prevent this, you need to assure to drink sufficiently to dilute your urine.
In case you have kidney stones, the kidney stones will become smaller and may enter your urinary tract.
Children
Use in children is rarely indicated, except in some types of cancer (especially leukaemia) and certain enzyme disorders such as Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.
Other medicines and Zyloric
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following:
aspirin
theophylline, used for breathing problems
medicines used for fits (epilepsy), phenytoin
vidarabine, used to treat herpes or chickenpox
antibiotics (ampicillin or amoxicillin)
didanosine, used to treat HIV infection
medicines used for cancer
medicines used to reduce your immune response (immunosuppressants)
medicines used to treat diabetes
medicines for heart problems or high blood pressure such as ACE inhibitors or water tablets (diuretics)
medicines used to thin your blood (anticoagulants), such as warfarin
any other medicine to treat gout.
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines. This includes medicines obtained without a prescription, including herbal medicines. This is because Zyloric can affect the way some medicines work. Also some other medicines can affect the way Zyloric works.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Talk to your doctor before taking this medicine if you are pregnant, might become pregnant or are breast-feeding.
Driving and using machines
You may feel drowsy, giddy or have problems with your coordination. If this happens, do not drive or use any tools or machines.
Zyloric contains lactose
If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product.
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3. How to take Zyloric
Always take Zyloric exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Take the tablet after food and swallow it with a glass of water.
The recommended dose ranges from 100 to 900 mg each day. You will usually start on a low dose, which will be increased if necessary.
If you are an older person or if you have reduced liver or kidney function, your doctor may prescribe a lower dose or to take it at longer intervals. If you have dialysis two or three times a week, your doctor may prescribe a dose of 300 or 400 mg which is to be taken straight after your dialysis.
Use in children (under 15 years)
The usual dose ranges from 100 to 400 mg each day.
If you take more Zyloric than you should
If you take more Zyloric than you should, contact a doctor or go to hospital straight away. Take the medicine pack with you. Signs of an overdose may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and dizziness.
If you forget to take Zyloric
If you forget a dose, take it as soon as you remember it. However, if it is nearly time for the next dose, skip the missed dose.
Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.
If you stop taking Zyloric
Do not stop taking your Zyloric without talking to your doctor.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
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4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The following side effects may happen with this medicine:
Hypersensitivity
Uncommon (may affect less than 1 in 100 people)
If you have a hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction, stop taking Zyloric and see a doctor straight way.
The signs may include:
flaking skin, boils or sore lips and mouth
very rarely signs may include sudden wheeziness, fluttering or tightness in the chest and collapse.
Do not take any more tablets unless your doctor tells you to do so.
Other side effects
Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
skin rash
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):feeling sick (nausea) or being sick (vomiting)
abnormal liver tests.
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1000 people)
liver problems such as liver inflammation
more serious hypersensitivity reactions involving fever, joint pain, abnormalities in blood, bleeding in the lips, eyes, mouth, nose or genitals, ulcers of the mouth, throat, nose, genitals, conjunctivitis (red and swollen eyes), widespread blisters or peeling.
Very rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)
occasionally Zyloric tablets may affect your blood, which can manifest as bruising more easily than usual, or you may develop a sore throat or other signs of an infection. These effects usually occur in people with liver or kidney problems. Tell your doctor as soon as possible.
Zyloric may affect the lymph nodes
high temperature
blood in your urine (haematuria)
high levels of cholesterol in your blood (hyperlipidaemia)
a general feeling of being unwell or feeling weak
weakness, numbness, unsteadiness on your feet, feeling unable to move muscles (paralysis) or loss of consciousness
headache, dizziness, drowsiness or disturbance of your vision
chest pain (angina), high blood pressure or a slow pulse
male infertility or erectile dysfunction
enlargement of the breasts, in men as well as women
a change in your normal bowel habit
a change in taste
cataracts
hair loss or discolouration
depression
lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements (ataxia)
sensation of tingling, tickling, pricking or burning of skin (paraesthesia)
build up of fluid leading to swelling (oedema) particularly of your ankles
abnormal glucose metabolism (diabetes). Your doctor may wish to measure the level of sugar in your blood to check if this is happening.
If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via: Yellow Card Scheme, Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard.

This drug is indeed a poison.

Berrylite:
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!!!!

Introduction of herbal medicine into course outline of medical students? What happened to the proposed traditional medicine profession?

Acidosis:
and please people should learn how to read the instructions regarding the contra-indications, pharmacology, etc., attached by the manufacturers. Some Doctors are known for churning out drugs without proper instructions as to when to stop when certain reactions occur. Read the manual carefully; some Doctors have no clue, some with fair understanding won't tell you, others are just too busy.

Do not depend on your Doctor for total safety; go online and read more on the prescribed drug (unless you're taking the regular OTC drugs.)


Especially those on Antipsychotic, anti-depressants drugs - most of these drugs are known for severe adverse reactions. Some of these drugs lead to death, cardiac arrest, dementia, severe seizures, Parkinson disease, just to name a few.

AGBO!! AKA Alternative Medicine remains the best method of treatment for Africans.

If he got that drug directly from a pharmacist without advice on the drug use, then I blame the pharmacist.

But, then it is possible he failed to report the initial side effects to the physician or pharmacist for advice.

Dokitadotun:
SJS is a drug reaction anybody can have if you r prone to it. It is neither the doctor or the company is liable here. Since there is no molecular biology tech in most hosp in developing countries there is.little anybdy can do. The doctor only needs to hv asked for personal or family history of sjs. The company is not at fault in any way nor the doctor if he ask for adequate info from d patient before prescribing d drug. Even paracetamol can cause sjs.

@Acidosis and miss, It is not a pharmcologist that is needed here but a moleculr biologist who would have determine his HLA. Even if his HLA is determined it is not 100% accurate to say he will have sjs with d drug or not.

The Pharmacist(who is also a pharmacologist) is a drug expert so, he is expected to have pointed that out.

tommyBaba:
I just gained admission ....i need the help of a great pharmacy student for advice and instructions so I will not go astray ... Pls 200 level and above ...drop your whatsapp number ..

Welcome bro

otokx:
This is the day that the Lord has made; we shall rejoice and be glad.

Amen

otokx:
Just be patient, it will be on the jamb website this week or next.

Tanx so much comrade. I believe his name is there Comrade.

otokx:
not in the proposed merit

Comrade, u've refused to answer me. The person in question is my bro.

otokx:
Is that your score? Technically yes because the triune factor then comes into play, what was narrated was the 3rd leg of the foot stool.

Sir, what about 224 in utme and 224 in putme, economics n an anambarian.

OrIandoOwoh:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War

Tnx

OrIandoOwoh:
These stats got me thinking:

Nigeria's military strength: 120,000 (1970)

Biafra's military strength: 30,000 (1970)



Casualties:

Nigeria: 25,000 - 50,000 Military
casualties

Biafra: 10,000 - 25,000 Mil
casualties

From the stats above, even with a lower military numeracy, Biafrian soldiers still killed more Nigerian soldiers.

Now my thought, what if the UN declares Biafra a republic, thus enabling them buy food from any part of the world and then their South south cousins decides to join them, doesn't it spell doom for us the remaining Nigerians?

We might want to go into war with a sovereign nation Biafra, but we should watch our backs lest our lands be the conquered ones rather.

I would suggest we beg Biafra as the statistics above has shown they are capable of killing our army boys more than we can kill theirs. Also the system of starving them might not work this time around as they could buy food from any part of the world since they are now a SOVEREIGN COUNTRY. They could purchase weapons from world powers and pay us back in your coins, and world powers would sell to them since they are now a SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.

Let's just HOPE and PRAY UN doesn't give them Biafra, because if they do, then we are doomed because BIAFRA will want to take revenge and the stats above has shown their military is better than ours.

pls may I know d source of ur stat?

otokx:
Its actually the other way round because a lot of students wrote in medicine, there was a yr 4 nursing student that wrote and was asked why she wants to abandon nursing in yr 4 and start medicine yr 1, yr 2 students in PSB, anatomy, aeb, physiology were like water, the lecturers in those Dept's on sighting their students felt so sad but then not all passed so well.

There is a new thing abt been allowed into different professional course other than the one you applied for in UNIPORT(recently though).
It started this year when those pharmacy student who switched to nursing were sent back after they were accepted in nursing.
All this are for future purpose in order to mitigate the crisis in the health sector. Dentistry is very much closer to Medicine than to Pharmacy. And we all knw the beef which started since the 15th century have been between Pharmacist(Apothecaries) and the physicians not between the dental surgeon and physician.
Well sha, u knw pass me for dis matter sha.

neochoko:
Pharm.....

getting pharm myt b difficult. Medsurg myt be easier.

otokx:
Th is year is different, this week will bring forth good tidings of great joy.

A Nairalander from last year will smile into Pharmacy.

pls sir otokx what's my brothers chance? he scored 224 in utme and 224 in post utme, he applied for economics.

Please Sir Otokx what's the chance of someone who scored 224 both in utme and post utme? An anambarian and applied for Economics.

Largas:
hi at otokx or any other uniport pharmacy undergraduate around.

I would like to know how faculty of pharmacy at uniport operates.

when a pharmacy student fails a course does he carry the four se over to the next level and resit it whenever the so chooses or does he repeat that level and write it the following year?

just curious.

Thanks.

100 level students are required to pass all courses with a pass mark of 40 before he/she would be qualify to enter into Pharmacy school proper but, could fail at most one GES course of the 4 GES courses.

ZUBY77:
He can't completely declare his assets. Not even you will do that.
Not even the Pope will do that.

Not even d pope? Well, try use d right symbol cos d pope always hav nthg to loose doing dat.

Good one.




Please, somebody needs ur vote to be the
Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian
Students'(PANS) face of the week in
UNIPORT. Please, vote by liking the pictures
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https://mbasic./230397183643913?view=permalink&id=1127731967243759&refid=18&_ft_ God bless.

If he is found guilty of any charge, he should pay for it but, this will be bad if other thieves ant jailed too.



Please, somebody needs ur vote to be the
Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian
Students'(PANS) face of the week in
UNIPORT. Please, vote by liking the pictures
through these links: https://mbasic./230397183643913?view=permalink&id=1127732147243741&refid=18&_ft_ And
https://mbasic./230397183643913?view=permalink&id=1127731967243759&refid=18&_ft_ God bless.

luvmijeje:
As I said earlier, he has no right to speak on behalf of I and others who voted for change.

Grow up.

luvmijeje:
Did majority of people in Delta state voted for Buhari? With all due respect, the Cleric should keep his mouth shut and stop the nonsense of speaking on behalf of Nigerians who voted for change.

It doesn't mean. He is also their president and have the right to question him tirelessly.

ceejay80s:
Man of God too should mind his business

Are u like this?

Danjuma827:
why won't you people allow our humble president to be alone. all you people do is to tackle and blame home for one thing or the other. let's wait and see his achievement for at least a year and we will start to finalize matter

Y should he rest?

cuteboy2:
See Links: https://www.nairaland.com/2416711/meet-oau-graduate-three-first#35323346
http://www.oaupeeps.com/2015/06/meet-oau-graduate-with-three-first.html


Another Nigerian from Delta State, Onoriode Reginald Aziza also bagged First Class from same Cambridge Class.

Onoriode's case was even more outstanding, because he made a triple First Class:

*** 1st Class from Law Faculty, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife
*** 1st Class from Nigerian Law School
*** 1st Class from University of Cambridge Law programme

It does not get better than this!!!

Between Tobi and Onoriode, who is greater?

I love this kind of competition, for excellence.
Hope our thieving politrik-cians and state governors are taking a cue.

Abeg tell dem o.

MsZeezah:
You see them?

Amaben2020, oya tell this one to stop too.

Worry not bro,, we all know that Igbos have made Nigerians proud in every ramification..... *even drugging* the Jews are good at almost everythg.

Please I don't seem to undetrstand this Agbami? How do I apply? And OP are u sure its for those who havnt written it before?

Bukkiminat:
Happy induction ceremony
to drered and other freshest pharmacists.....

Happy induction to them o...

Marverick:
intreasting! Intreasting!! Am also in RX2 at uniben bought guyton and hall for physiology,lirppincotts biochem for biochemistry,essential inorganic and organic pharm chemistry by A.J olaniyi etc planning to buy more in 3rd yr,i find 2nd yr intreasting ,say mr sam hw do u find them practicals ? ; D

Am yet to start the main pharm courses.

croSStodds:
What school and what part?

UNIPORT, Rx II.

Marverick:
wrote biochem,physio exams remaing anatomy,say wat textbuks did you buy for ur 2nd year?

Anatomy: saladin, pearson.
Physiology: Essentials by sembulingam
Biochemistry: clasudevan