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To the editor:

We all find plenty in our newspapers to complain about. When we find information in them that benefits us, we rarely bother to mention it. So here goes:

Last February, I was given a five-day supply of an FDA-approved antibiotic called Ketek. On the morning of the fifth day, I read in the Journal-World that, in one hospital, three patients on Ketek had suffered severe liver damage. One died and one needed a liver transplant. I had just, over the previous four days, swallowed eight of those pills, but I did throw away the remaining two. For all anybody knows, that may have saved my life. I had severe and painful problems over the next three months, but I now feel, and tests suggest, that I am recovering.

Thank you. And keep reminding me to renew my subscription.

John Clifford,

Lawrence