Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3398
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Publication type: Journal Article
Re: the promotion of oral streptomycin/chloramphenicol combination
1986 Oct;
Abstract:
Parke-Davis is promoting an oral combination of streptomycin and chloramphenicol for children and infants. MaLAM is unable to find any studies to support the use of an oral combination of these drugs for any indication.
Keywords:
*analysis/developing countries/streptomycin/chloramphenicol/children/Parke-Davis/MaLAM/Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing/antibiotics/ quality of information/ safety & risk information/EVALUATION OF PROMOTION: DRUG SAFETY/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/PROMOTION IN SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC AREAS: ANTIBIOTICS