Doctors want to give this med to children as young as 8 years old. Side effects include:
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); chills or sore throat; dark urine; fever; muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness; pale stools; red, swollen, blistered or peeling skin; severe or persistent nausea, vomiting, or stomach pain; unusual bruising or bleeding; yellowing of the skin or eyes, inflammation in lungs caused by allergic reaction, Hepatitis caused by drugs, Gallstones, acute inflammation of the pancreas (extremely painful), serious muscle tissue damage, muscle weakness, muscle pain, muscle inflammation, irreversible muscular atrophy (muscles lose strength that may never come back), decreased blood platelets, deficiency of Granulocytes (a Type of White Blood Cell), can also cause an elevation in liver enzymes (it’s killing the liver you can’t live without).
Do you really want to do this to your child??? |