How GSK Drug Turned A Healthy Banker Into A Monster (Graphic Photos)
Category: Health & Physical Fitness
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.
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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.
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.
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| A healthy Charles Oben |
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.
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| Charles Oben's Wife |
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.”
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