serious side effects with ibuprofen are focusing new attention on Stevens-Johnson syndrome
April 2005
Recent reports of serious side effects with ibuprofen are focusing new attention on Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
A young girl taking Children's Motrin became blind from complications of Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Two other children died after using Children's Advil.
This hypersensitivity reaction, erythema multiforme major, is extremely rare...less than six cases per million people.
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