December 5, 2016
A Preventable Death
Kira "Nikki" Gilbert was 22 years old and recently graduated from college. In 2009, she was working at a local orphanage and was planning to go to nursing school. Her biggest health problem was a torn ACL, not exactly a life-threatening condition. Her doctor prescribed her propoxyphene, the generic form of the painkiller Darvon, while she awaited ACL surgery.
Kira died just a few days after she started taking the drug.
Her grieving parents wanted to know what happened and why their precious daughter died so suddenly. They soon discovered that thousands of others had died...
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