Overuse of ciprofloxcin (Cipro), the drug that was widely taken during the US anthrax attacks last year, could lead to more deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections than from anthrax, a British scientist said on Wednesday.
More than 30,000 prescriptions for Bayer AG’s Cipro were written last year after anthrax-tainted letters were sent to government officials in media outlets in three states in the weeks following the September 11th attacks. Many more people self-prescribed the drug after obtaining it from the Internet or abroad, which increased the risk of drug resistance as well as complications from serious side effects.
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