Lauren Saikkonen graduated with honors from Le Moyne College, and relocated to Fayetteville, North Carolina to teach high school social studies. She medically retired after her Ciprofloxacin injury. She now focuses on taking care of her family, and fluoroquinolone antibiotic activism.
Opinion
NC needs common‑sense guardrails on high‑risk antibiotics
A functioning market depends on informed consumers, but when a patient is handed a prescription without being told that the drug carries multiple black‑box warnings and risk of permanent disability, the consumer cannot make a rational choice.