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Iraq War Veteran Suffers Liver Disease on Ketek
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Doctors have diagnosed Iraq War Veteran Chuck Gregg with "drug induced hepatits" after using Ketek. Gregg says he was in the hospital just five days after being prescribed the powerful antibiotic.
Gregg says he had no history of liver problems and was in good health prior to using Ketek. "He survived 13 months in Iraq... to come home for this," says Sherry Gregg, his wife.
More disturbing is what some believe may be an FDA cover up of indications that the drug posed serious dangers to some.
According to Dr. David Ross, a doctor who formerly worked for the FDA and quit "in disgust" when he could not get his superiors to pay more attention to warning signs:
"Based upon the data available to me, I believe this drug is far more dangerous than other drugs that fight the same infections..."
When his boss, Andrew Von Eschenbach, was informed of potential problems, employees were allegedly told to keep their concerns in-house (at the FDA) and out of the press.
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