DRUG STREPTOMYCIN
“TOO DANGEROUS”
LONDON, Nov. 11
Britain’s doctors haVe been warned that the use of the “wonder’’ drug streptomeyin may have to be abandoned because it is too dangerous. The “British Medical Journal” says that the drug could have serious poisoning effects on the “eighth nerve,” causing giddiness and deafness, and might even upset a patient’s sense of balance permanently. The journal is used frequently to combat tuberculosis, but in a majority of cases, patients become resistant to the drug and remain so indefinitely,” it says.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 28, 12 November 1949, Page 7
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