Rethinking generics and Levaquin

First we have to rethink generic drugs, now at least rethink Levaquin. I'm posting this because a friend of a good friend of mine is featured in this PBS news segment. From PBS:

BETTY ANN BOWSER: Forty-six-year-old John Fratti of Hummelstown, Pa., was prescribed Levaquin a few years ago for a minor bacterial infection.

JOHN FRATTI: It caused nerve damage, tendon damage and central nervous system damage. Central nervous system damage is -- is brain damage.

BETTY ANN BOWSER: Before taking Levaquin, Fratti had no major medical problems. But after taking the drug he became disabled.

JOHN FRATTI: I have lost my job. I have lost over a quarter of a million dollars in lost wages. I have spent about $30,000 out of my own pocket in medical and insurance costs, haven't received a dime back for this.

No place but America. Oh...the FDA recently approved a generic form of Levaquin.

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