Adverse Effects
NSAID Painkillers, such as Nurofen, may interfere and reduce efficiency of SSRI antidepressants
In October 2012, Calvin Lock, an 11-year-old boy from Littleport, Cambridgeshire, suffered from a rare, painful and almost fatal allergic reaction after taking a small dose of Nurofen for Children to fight a viral infection. The medicine caused his entire body to break out in blisters with his hair and fingernails falling out. Calvin lost 65 per cent of his skin. The condition is known as Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), which causes skin cells to die before being shed, similar to that of a snake.
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