In Caracas, Sick Humans Are Resorting to Dog Medicine
Pharmacy shelves are bare, and black-market prices are sky-high. People are turning to antibiotics for pets.
Residents protest the lack of medicine in Caracas, on April 9, 2018.
Photographer: Wilfredo Riera/Bloomberg
Editor’s Note: There are few places as chaotic or dangerous as Venezuela. “Life in Caracas” is a new series of short stories that seeks to capture the surreal quality of living in a land in total disarray.
For my friend Elena, it was the ultimate indignity. She showed me the prednisone she takes for severe allergies: The photo on the package was of a frisky puppy.