As far as they were concerned the Tamiflu drug was still safe...

Yesterday Ukmedix news reported on the stories coming from Japan regarding Tamiflu in which the health authorities there said that it should not be prescribed to teenagers except in extreme cases and when it was really necessary as there have been a number of reports of strange behaviour and hallucinations after using the drug.

Closer to home in the European Union health officials have reacted to the Japanese health authorities and have said that they are keeping an eye open on the situation in Japan and are monitoring all reports and incidences where Tamiflu seems to have caused problems.  However in the meantime they said that as far as they were concerned the Tamiflu drug was still safe and was fine to be used on teenage patients.

The European Medicines Agency based in London said that while they were worried about the reports that a couple of twelve year olds in Japan had jumped out of the windows of their houses in Japan following the use of Tamiflu they felt that the warning for the drug was unwarranted and that they would not ban the use of Tamiflu in teenagers.

However just to be on the safe side the European Union health authorities are planning to make doctors aware of the Japanese reports so that they can be extra vigilant in monitoring teenagers who have taken the Tamiflu drug and so that they can report back any strange or unusual side effects. The European Union health authorities will also be making a small note on the literature that accompanies the Tamiflu drug in which it will note that there have been some reports of strange behaviour when using this drug but they have not been clinically proven.

What makes it even more complicated is that sometimes people who suffer from flu have high fever and thus they are more susceptible to hallucinating and imagining things, and thus it is difficult to pin the blame for these incidences of strange behaviour on the actual Tamiflu drug.