FORT WORTH, Texas, May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The family of a child who almost lost her life after taking Children's Motrin has been awarded $10 million by a jury in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A jury in Pasadena, California awarded over $6 million to an 82 year-old Chinese female immigrant who suffered Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis after taking the drug Allopurinol.

By Burfeind, Daniel B Sarvis, C. (2006). SJS and TEN leave their mark on the skin. Nursing Spectrum, 15(25). Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe forms of erythema multiforme, a skin disease which is caused by a reaction to a drug, infection, or illness.

STEVENS-JOHNSON Syndrome is a potentially life-threatening skin disease which is usually brought on by an allergic drug reaction. It was discovered in 1922 by physicians Stevens and Johnson.

What are they? Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, or TENS (another form of the syndrome), are serious skin reactions that can be caused by medications, including over-the-counter drugs.