Tamiflu Has Serious Side Effect. Expired One Lagi Worse?

[makapaaa]

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</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right><FORM method=post name=emailToFriendForm action=emailToFriend.jsp><INPUT value=/vgn-ext-templating/asiaone/emailToFriend.jsp?vgnextoid=fce3fa14fd2d2210VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=245d471588322110VgnVCM100000bd0a0a0aRCRD type=hidden name=emailToFriendPageURL> <INPUT value=http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20090801-158381.html type=hidden name=emailToFriendStoryLink> </FORM><SCRIPT> function openEmailA1AdminWindow(emailToFriendForm) { var emailToFriendPageURL = emailToFriendForm.emailToFriendPageURL.value; emailToFriendForm.action = emailToFriendPageURL; emailToFriendForm.target="_blank"; emailToFriendForm.submit(); } </SCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><!-- Story Without Image / With eXtra Large Image End --><TR><TD class=bodytext_10pt colSpan=3><!-- CONTENT : start -->LONDON - More than half of children taking the swine flu drug Tamiflu experience side effects such as nausea and nightmares, research by Britain's Health Protection Agency suggests.
Studies of children attending three schools in London and one in the South West showed that about 50 per cent had one or more side effects. The medication is offered to everyone in England with H1N1 flu symptoms, the Times of London said.
A total of 103 children took part in the London study, of whom 85 were given the drug as a precaution after a classmate was diagnosed with H1N1 flu. Of those, 45 experienced one or more side effects such as nausea, stomach pain or cramps and problems sleeping. One in five had a 'neuropsychiatric side effect', such as inability to think clearly, nightmares and 'behaving strangely', the study, published in the Eurosurveillance journal of infectious diseases, said.
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[makapaaa]

Techgoondu, 25 Jun 2009

Doctors given expired Tamiflu in Singapore

Singapore’s Ministry of Health has sent expired Tamiflu supplies to the general practitioner’s in Singapore. Tamiflu, which comes in boxes of 10 pills each, is the anti-viral drug for th H1N1 flu. According to the report and to my own sources as well, these Tamiflu meds hve expiry dates of 2007, and was manufactured in 2003. MOH has added a sticker that says that these meds can be used beyond their shelf life - to 2010.

MOH’s circular to the GPs say this:

We would like to assure you that the extension is with the approval from the manufacturer (Roche), U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and our Health Sciences Authority. This extention is made possible due to our stringent conditioning and maintenance requirements in our storage facilities. The efficacy of the drug is not compromised in any way and is fit for usage.

Straits Times has done really well to get doctors to give their response.

Dr Wong Tien Hua, a general practitioner in Sengkang, said an expiry date can vouch for a drug’s effectiveness only for that period. ‘If it is past the expiry date, the effectiveness of the drug might not be good,’ he said, adding that someone with the H1N1 virus might take longer to recover if given ‘expired’ medication. (from ST)

Agreeing, Dr Vincent Chia, deputy director of Healthway Medical, said although it is a national stockpile, the onus will still be on the doctor to explain to patients. ‘Tamiflu is not without its side effects…so when that happens we won’t know if it’s because the drugs are expired or because of the side effects,’ he said. (from ST)

For the full story, go to ST.com here The Straits Times Interactive

 

[Eurekas]

I have doubts about the safety of Tamilflu. There are reports in Japan that said people have attempted or committed suicide due to the side effect of the drug and in this case children also went ki-siao after taking this drug.

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They experience side effects such as nausea and nightmares. -ST --></TD></TR><TR>

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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content_subtitle align=left>Sat, Aug 01, 2009
The Straits Times </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=400 align=right><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=right> </TD><TD height=15>

</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right><FORM method=post name=emailToFriendForm action=emailToFriend.jsp><INPUT value=/vgn-ext-templating/asiaone/emailToFriend.jsp?vgnextoid=fce3fa14fd2d2210VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=245d471588322110VgnVCM100000bd0a0a0aRCRD type=hidden name=emailToFriendPageURL> <INPUT value=http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20090801-158381.html type=hidden name=emailToFriendStoryLink> </FORM><SCRIPT> function openEmailA1AdminWindow(emailToFriendForm) { var emailToFriendPageURL = emailToFriendForm.emailToFriendPageURL.value; emailToFriendForm.action = emailToFriendPageURL; emailToFriendForm.target="_blank"; emailToFriendForm.submit(); } </SCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><!-- Story Without Image / With eXtra Large Image End --><TR><TD class=bodytext_10pt colSpan=3><!-- CONTENT : start -->LONDON - More than half of children taking the swine flu drug Tamiflu experience side effects such as nausea and nightmares, research by Britain's Health Protection Agency suggests.
Studies of children attending three schools in London and one in the South West showed that about 50 per cent had one or more side effects. The medication is offered to everyone in England with H1N1 flu symptoms, the Times of London said.
A total of 103 children took part in the London study, of whom 85 were given the drug as a precaution after a classmate was diagnosed with H1N1 flu. Of those, 45 experienced one or more side effects such as nausea, stomach pain or cramps and problems sleeping. One in five had a 'neuropsychiatric side effect', such as inability to think clearly, nightmares and 'behaving strangely', the study, published in the Eurosurveillance journal of infectious diseases, said.
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[singveld]

pap very cheap skate
but i will take expire pills, vagra, can food, sweets anytime.
a little expiration date does not hurt.
just have to be careful

Techgoondu, 25 Jun 2009

Doctors given expired Tamiflu in Singapore

Singapore’s Ministry of Health has sent expired Tamiflu supplies to the general practitioner’s in Singapore. Tamiflu, which comes in boxes of 10 pills each, is the anti-viral drug for th H1N1 flu. According to the report and to my own sources as well, these Tamiflu meds hve expiry dates of 2007, and was manufactured in 2003. MOH has added a sticker that says that these meds can be used beyond their shelf life - to 2010.

MOH’s circular to the GPs say this:

We would like to assure you that the extension is with the approval from the manufacturer (Roche), U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and our Health Sciences Authority. This extention is made possible due to our stringent conditioning and maintenance requirements in our storage facilities. The efficacy of the drug is not compromised in any way and is fit for usage.

Straits Times has done really well to get doctors to give their response.

Dr Wong Tien Hua, a general practitioner in Sengkang, said an expiry date can vouch for a drug’s effectiveness only for that period. ‘If it is past the expiry date, the effectiveness of the drug might not be good,’ he said, adding that someone with the H1N1 virus might take longer to recover if given ‘expired’ medication. (from ST)

Agreeing, Dr Vincent Chia, deputy director of Healthway Medical, said although it is a national stockpile, the onus will still be on the doctor to explain to patients. ‘Tamiflu is not without its side effects…so when that happens we won’t know if it’s because the drugs are expired or because of the side effects,’ he said. (from ST)

For the full story, go to ST.com here The Straits Times Interactive

 

[halsey02]

>One in five had a 'neuropsychiatric side effect', such as inability to think clearly, nightmares and 'behaving strangely', the study, published in the Eurosurveillance journal of infectious diseases>

Sound like the 66.6% who voted for the PAP in the last election... ha ha ha ha ha and they did not even have to take Tamiflu, expired or not.

 

[makapaaa]

And yet the so-called LIE Science leesearch donch want to look into practical issues like this despite the tens of billions poured into it?