A very worrying factor concerning Tamiflu:- Suicides?

by Babel-Fish | August 13, 2009 at 08:27 pm

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It’s been a very relevant factor that drugs have been released on to the world market place that have really bad side effects. At present one such drug is being actively advertised by some governments and given a Hugh official stamp of approval.

Neurological effects of Tamiflu main ingredient oseltamivir has shown some real concern in Japan.

In March 2007, Japan's Health Ministry warned that oseltamivir should not be given to those aged 10 to 19. The Ministry had previously decided, in May 2004, to change the literature accompanying oseltamivir to include neurological and psychological disorders as possible adverse effects, including: impaired consciousness, abnormal behavior, and hallucinations.

According to Japan's Health Ministry, between 2004 and March 2007, fifteen people aged 10 to 19 have been injured or killed by jumps or fallen from buildings after taking oseltamivir, and one 17-year-old died after he jumped in front of a truck

A renewed investigation of the Japanese data was completed in April 2007. It found that 128 patients had been reported to behave abnormally after taking oseltamivir since 2001. Forty-three of them were under 10 years old, 57 patients were aged 10 to 19, and 28 patients were aged 20 or over. Eight people, including five teens and three adults, had died from these actions.[15][16][14] In October 2006, Shumpei Yokota, a professor of pediatrics at Yokahama City University, released the results of research involving around 2,800 children which found no difference in the behavior between those who took oseltamivir and those who did not.

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. (which produces oseltamivir in Japan) gave Yokota's department 10 million yen (about US$105,000) over five years. To determine whether to lift the 2007 ban, a research team from the Japanese Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry studied 10,000 children under the age of 18 who had been diagnosed with influenza since 2006.

The study was finalised in April 2009. Taking into account all degrees of abnormal behaviour, including minor behavioural problems such as incoherent speech, the study found that children who took oseltamivir were 54 per cent more likely to exhibit abnormal behaviour than those who did not take the drug.

When the team limited its analysis to children who had displayed serious abnormal behaviour that led to injury or death, it found those who had taken oseltamivir were 25 per cent more likely to behave unusually.

Another anti flue drug has not really been fully approved in the US and bares a very important warning because it has not been fully trialed

Zanamivir is specific to the influenza virus, has not been known to cause toxic effects, and does not spread around through the body's systemic circulation. It also shows no signs of viral resistance. However, due to a lack of reports or evidence about its toxicity, the FDA does not license it for use in children under 7 years of age

What ever happen to the old methods of lowering the suffering periods of flu?

Why I ask is because my partner is suffering the fever and the muscle pain at this very moment and I am the nurse and the doctor. Whom is administering codeine and cold towels and head pads and making sure she drinks loads of fluids. Eats nutrient food and gets plenty of fresh air.

I really do not trust these new anti-flue drugs and if we had kids I certainly would not give them Tamiflu nor Relenza. Because I believe that they could be more dangerous than the side effects of codeine, asprin or the hot toddy cures of yester-years.

It’s very obvious to me at least, that both of these so called new flu cures are going to be short lived any way because all ready we are seeing anti resistance from the H1N1 and H1N5 viruses.

The panademic hype of course has made much money for GlaxoSmithKline and those that have bought stocks and shares in the International Corporation with its Head Quarters in Switzerland.

I wonder how many politicians have a Swiss Banking portfolio with stock holdings in GlaxoSmithKline as a protective shelter against the present global recession.

Would you let your kids take either of these drugs after reading this article?

I myself certainly would not allow any of my love ones to take these new medications because of a well global politically motivated pandemic scare is used to promote a so called cure.

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eastvanray

at 21:51 on August 13th, 2009

You know what is REALLY concerning? People dying of H1N1 because they were told not to get vaccinated. Many more will die without the vaccine than will ever die due to it. My reading seems to indicate that most if not all respected health organizations are reccomending those at risk get innoculated.

Babel-Fish

at 22:45 on August 13th, 2009

The point is the present epidemic is not as fatal as the normal flu, its hyped term pandemic by WHO was sponsored by the very company that sells the anti-flu products.

The following report shows how the said company placed its influence on the British government within its global plan.

A scientist who advises the Government on swine flu is a paid director of a drugs firm making hundreds of millions of pounds from the pandemic.

Professor Sir Roy Anderson sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), a 20-strong task force drawing up the action plan for the virus.

Yet he also holds a £116,000-a-year post on the board of GlaxoSmithKline, the company selling swine flu vaccines and anti-virals to the NHS.

Sir Roy faced demands to step down yesterday amid claims that the jobs were incompatible. 'This is a clear conflict of interest and should be of great concern to taxpayers and government officials alike,' said Matthew Elliott of the TaxPayers' Alliance.

The Swine Flue hotline is actively advertising Tamiflu, much money is being made out of a drug that's now becoming useless against the new strains of flu. It also has side effects that I certainly can not be happy about.

Beaulieu

at 03:46 on August 14th, 2009

I mentioned this on Now Public on my Eyewitness account on 26 July 2009 when I found some information on Wiki about Tamiflu (oseltamivir)

"According to Japan's Health Ministry, between 2004 and March 2007, fifteen people aged 10 to 19 have been injured or killed by jumps or fallen from buildings after taking oseltamivir, and one 17-year-old died after he jumped in front of a truck.[ A renewed investigation of the Japanese data was completed in April 2007. It found that 128 patients had been reported to behave abnormally after taking oseltamivir since 2001. Forty-three of them were under 10 years old, 57 patients were aged 10 to 19, and 28 patients were aged 20 or over. Eight people, including five teens and three adults, had died from these actions".

The mainsteam press haven't discussed this at all.

Babel-Fish

at 08:34 on August 14th, 2009

The point is clear to me at least that the Tamiflu was passed through as A Ok by the Japanese just in time for the pandemic scare.

I have notice great pain is being made to ensure that Tamiflu is only given on prescription here in the Philippines when there is normally no control really concerning buying legal drugs across the counter. Relenza already carries a warning that children under 7 years old are not to be prescribed the drug.

The main stream press has not discussed this yet your right and no warnings have been given else where other than in Japan and I wonder if doctors are prescribing Relenza for those under seven year old in the USA?

Seemingly Tamiflu was being marketed first as a prevention against flu and a remedy within the first 24 hours or so when one has the flu? Looking at the sucide ratio and the death ratio of swine flu, I am not sure that the remedy could be more fatal than the flu it self?

I am glad you see the same thing as I did, I was in fact interested in both anti-flu products as my partner had the symptoms of flu. .

Your articles comments are very interesting I wished I had time then to follow the threads

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Beaulieu

at 03:48 on August 14th, 2009

I believe even Vicks Nasal Spray has been banned in certain countries.

Beaulieu

at 12:10 on August 14th, 2009

There have been some recent reports on Tamiflu (finally!) and one of them is this one from the London Evening Standard 11/8/09:

An excerpt:

"TV presenter Andrew Castle today revealed his daughter “almost died” after taking Tamiflu.

Georgina, 16, suffered an asthma attack a day after being given a double dose of the antiviral.

Castle said: “She was lying on our floor going grey. This was a very worrying situation. She couldn't breathe.”

Georgina was given Tamiflu after a swine flu outbreak at Alleyne's school in Dulwich in May. Tests later revealed that she did not have the virus.

At that time pupils were being given the antiviral as a precaution even when they did not have swine flu.

Castle confronted Health Secretary Andy Burnham during an interview on today's GMTV, following research which cast doubt on the benefits of the anti-viral drug. He said: “I can tell you that my child — who was not diagnosed at all — she had asthma, she took Tamiflu and almost died.”

Beaulieu

at 12:21 on August 14th, 2009

A good website about side effects, an excerpt from vaccineriskawareness.com:-

"A mad rush to get rid of it?

The shelf life for Tamiflu happens to be 3 years, and right about now is when the 20 million doses the government stockpiled, will be going out of date.

What better way to get rid of it and regain their lost money than forecast a swine flu pandemic and force it on defenceless children?

Source: http://www.wddty.com/...old-stock-of-tamiflu.html"