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On Painkiller Probably Named Phxtpxn For Infection In Body. Right Medication Or Misspelt? Explain

My cousin called from Massachusetts and her son showed her a RX from Walgreens that he is taking for pain. He supposedly has some sort of infection in his body. My cousin in very upset.. She is 87 and her son is 47 and she does not understand his problem. She called me to look it up and I found nothing under WWW.WWWW.WW Have you ever heard of this or did my cousin copy it off the rx bottle incorrectly? again it is phxtpxn
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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The chances are ,that the drug may have been copied wrongly from the treatment prescription.The name appears strange, and something that I have not come across and it is also right that there is no reference to this name on the internet also.So it is unlikely that such a drug may exist. Atleast such a drug may not be available in allopathy.So.it may better to advise your cousin to check for the spelling herself or get it re- verified from her son.
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On Painkiller Probably Named Phxtpxn For Infection In Body. Right Medication Or Misspelt? Explain

The chances are ,that the drug may have been copied wrongly from the treatment prescription.The name appears strange, and something that I have not come across and it is also right that there is no reference to this name on the internet also.So it is unlikely that such a drug may exist. Atleast such a drug may not be available in allopathy.So.it may better to advise your cousin to check for the spelling herself or get it re- verified from her son.