Japanese Doctors Warned Not to Give Teens Tamiflu

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....and, it only took 100 cases in a year. Carolyn Japanese Doctors Warned Not to Give Teens Tamiflu The Japanese government has ordered the distributor of Tamiflu to warn doctors against prescribing the anti-flu drug to teens. The move follows several reports of dangerous and deadly behavior in teens taking Tamiflu. The Health Ministry issued the emergency instructions to distributor Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. on Tuesday. The company started distributing warnings to doctors, pharmacies and hospitals on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Japanese concerns over Tamiflu increased after two separate incidents in February in which a boy and a girl, both 14, fell to their deaths from their condominiums. Both teens were taking Tamiflu at the

time of their deaths. There have been a number of reports of unusual behavior, such as hallucinations and delirium, in Japanese teens taking the drug. Officials at Roche Holding AG, the Swiss manufacturer of Tamiflu, said they didn't understand the Japanese government's reasons for the warning order. "No causal relationship has been established between Tamiflu and these reports, and we don't see this as an appropriate course of action," Roche spokeswoman a Rupp told the AP. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which added a new precaution to the Tamiflu label in November, has said it received more than 100 reports of delirium, hallucinations and other unusual psychiatric behavior, mostly in Japanese children treated with Tamiflu, between Aug. 29, 2005, and July 6, 2006, the AP reported. Kurt, Carolyn, and Little Kurt Toledo, Ohio visit http://www.asno.org

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