Written by Jamie Stowe | Thursday, 17 July 2008 | There are 0 comments
At Ukmedix News we suspected that there was no substance to these reports 
A few months back Ukmedix News in line with its policy of letting our readers know all the news even if it is bad news researched a number of news stories that showed that the Japanese government was getting increasingly concerned about reports of abnormal behaviour in teenagers and young people who used the influenza medication Tamiflu.
Well, the good news is that the Japanese government after extensive research involving a number of scientists has come to the conclusion that there is absolutely no evidence that the Tamiflu drug is responsible for the abnormal behaviour reported.
An official announcement from the health ministry in Japan should put the minds of many parents and doctors at rest who are thinking of giving Tamiflu to their children and patients.
When the reports of abnormal behaviour reports first surfaced the health ministry in Japan ordered that all prescriptions of Tamiflu had to be accompanied with a warning that those people between the ages of ten and nineteen should be aware that there was a possibility of this side effect. It is likely that following on from the research done by the scientists that this warning will be removed from the labeling of the Tamiflu drug.
The government backed study examined over 10,000 individuals under the age of eighteen who suffered from influenza between 2006 and 2007 and the researchers concluded that those individuals who used Tamiflu were in fact slightly less likely to have displayed abnormal behaviour symptoms than those individuals who did not use Tamiflu.
The evidence of the scientists will be presented to Japanese drug regulatory authority which will probably withdraw the safety warnings regarding the use of the influenza drug Tamiflu in young people.
At Ukmedix News we suspected that there was no substance to these reports because it is commonly known that people who suffer from high temperatures and the other symptoms of influenza have been known to hallucinate and experience abnormal behaviour.
