Bird Flu Monitor > Tamiflu Catch-22

[Cloudy Thinking by Ron K. Jeffries] In background documents posted Thursday to the FDA’s Web site the FDA said most of the adverse events linked to Tamiflu, including all of the deaths, occurred in Japan. The FDA said all of the children had been diagnosed with influenza, started therapy with Tamiflu “and died suddenly, several of them in their sleep.”

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http://simplyleftbehind.blogspot.com [Simply Left Behind] The Shark Has Been Jumped: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was "concerning" that 32 psychiatric events, such as hallucinations and abnormal behavior, also had been reported in children who took Tamiflu, which is in high demand because it is considered to be one of the best defenses against avian flu in people.

http://nursetips.blogspot.com [Nursetips.blogspot.com] Nurse Tips: One day after announcing it would review the deaths, the agency's staff said it wouldn't be necessary to update the drug's labeling to reflect those deaths or possible adverse effects. But the staff is recommending adding information to the label about serious skin reactions to Tamiflu, according to papers prepared for a meeting Friday of the FDA's Pediatric Advisory Committee, the Associated Press reported.

[Pharmaceuticalengineering.blogharbor.com] Pharmaceutical Engineering :: Main Page: Corson, a physician in Bethesda who has practiced for 20 years, agreed that "this is a tough issue." She said she firmly believes, however, "that you don't give out drugs without a sick patient." Her only exceptions have been for two or three patients traveling to Southeast Asia, where all 118 human cases of H5N1 influenza infection have occurred. She thinks practitioners should consider both public health and patients' desires when confronted with the requests.

[Buytamiflu.org] Tamiflu Blog: “In the safety review mandated by the BPCA, a number of adverse event reports were identified associated with the use of Tamiflu in children 16 years of age or younger. These adverse event reports were primarily related to unusual neurologic or psychiatric events such as delirium, hallucinations, confusion, abnormal behavior, convulsions, and encephalitis.

Vegsource.comhttp://www.vegsource.com [Vegsource.com] VegSource Blog: About $500 million will be required to fight the H5N1 influenza strain in poultry, by far the best way to prevent bird flu from triggering a long-feared human pandemic, according to experts gathered at World Health Organization headquarters. Similar amounts are needed for improving the surveillance and treatment of human infections of the disease, and for stockpiling antiviral drugs and an experimental H5N1 vaccine.

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