Drugs bought over the counter, like painkillers and antibiotics can result in detrimental health side-effects.
For Christine Hannah Gitaka from Murang’a County, they resulted in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN) after the 39-year-old reacted to her prescription medicine.
It all started when hitting her head left her epileptic in 2009.
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