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Ibuprofen pill made my son's skin fall off

US: A schoolboy was left screaming in agony with his skin falling off after taking a single painkiller.

Laurence McCalla, 14, has a deadly condition which affects one in 500,000 people and spent two months in intensive care after a severe reaction to ibuprofen.

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