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“Werewolf syndrome” in Spanish children: a pharmaceutical company needs to court

In the scandal of strong hair in the case of small children by an incorrectly labelled medicine in Spain, responsible to growth now before the court. At least 23 babies and children up to the age of seven years were affected according to the Prosecutor, from the so-called “werewolf syndrome” (hypertrichosis).

The Prosecutor applied for now to the competent court in the Andalusian Málaga the opening of a criminal case against a pharmaceutical company, according to the news Agency Europa Press and other media circles, reported on Friday evening, citing the Justice. There is evidence of criminal behaviour, it said.

The company Farma Quimica Sur was characterized according to the Spanish health authorities, wraps the blood pressure drug Minoxidil, which is also prescribed for hair loss, as a gastrointestinal drug omeprazole. Some of the children who received the agent administered, developed abnormally heavy hair growth on face, back and other Places. The case became known in August.

“Serious non-compliance with the control rules,”

All of the mislabelled drugs were taken in August on the orders of the authorities from the market. The factory of Farma Quimica Sur in Málaga has a rules due to “serious non-compliance with the Control” immediately for an indefinite period of time. In September, the office of the public Prosecutor in Málaga investigations.

Affected families in Andalusia in the South of Spain, in Cantabria, in the North and Valencia in the East. Concerned parents stated to the media, after the removal of the wrong drug, the hair was growing only very slowly. Even if in the case of Minoxidil, various side effects can occur, must make the parents according to the authorities, in principle, no Worry about permanent damage. Some experts see it differently.

Hypertrichosis can have genetic causes, but also by drugs such as Minoxidil triggered.

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