Tamiflu Hazards Outweigh The Benefits Official

Glad to see that some "well intentioned" Doctors are standing up for us ... let's hope they're as diligent when it comes to "compulsory immunisation" in the autumn !!

Helen Macdonald ( editorial registrar, BMJ ) on side effects, Tamiflu, and the swine flu hotline
A hundred and five thousand people with flu symptoms were prescribed Tamiflu via the new hotline last week. But there are some unintended consequences. Although consultation rates for flu like symptoms are levelling, Pulse magazine ..... ( http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4123358&am... ) ... reports on a new problem. Now patients are making appointments to see their GP complaining of the side effects of Tamiflu.

Dr Nigel Watson, chief executive of Wessex LMCs and a GP in New Milton, Hampshire told Pulse: On balance, the swine flu line has taken a lot of the queries off, but there are people presenting with the side effects.

Its NOT INNOCUOUS Drug that the general public seem to Think it is.

There may be problems with misdiagnosis too via the hotline. In the same article another GP, Dr Mark Aley, reported seeing three patients in one day who had taken Tamiflu, although it was clear to him another diagnosis was behind their symptoms such as tonsillitis.

There are loads of people being misdiagnosed because of all the hype, he said.

The side effects of antivirals have hit the headlines of the national press. Some newspapers report the findings of a cross-sectional survey study about the side effects of Oseltamivir in three London schools, published in Eurosurveillance. ( http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ )

103 respondents (40% response rate) took prophylactic medication in April or May. 53% experienced one or more side effect, 40% had gastrointestinal side effects, and 18% had mild neuropsychiatric effects, such as nightmares. 48% finished the course. These results broadly reflect other evidence emerging.

Speaking to ... The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/Swine_flu/article6734056.ece ) ... about the findings, Peter Holden, the British Medical Associations lead on swine flu, suggested that antivirals were being overused. He said: The National Pandemic Flu Service has been a great success, and was needed to take the pressure off GPs, but the threshold for getting Tamiflu should be quite high. For patients who are not in the high-risk groups this virus typically causes mild symptoms and does not require a course of Tamiflu. Patients in the at-risk groups should be referred to their GP, who will use their clinical judgment.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency ... (MHRA) ( http://www.mhra.gov.uk/index.htm ) ... told Pulse magazine that it will continue to monitor the safety of Tamiflu and Relenza as their use increases.

Helen Macdonald is editorial registrar, BMJ

The following from "The British Medical Journal" (BMJ)
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/334/7606/1232

Tamiflu and Neuropsychiatric Disturbance in Adolescents

In March 2007 the Japanese authorities advised against prescribing oseltamivir (Tamiflu, Roche) to adolescents aged 10-19 years.1 This unusually severe measure resulted from the separate suicides of two 14 year olds who jumped to their deaths while taking oseltamivir; 52 other deaths (14 in children or adolescents) have been associated with the same drug. So far, similar action has not followed in Europe. When a regulatory authority warns doctors not to prescribe a drug but decides not to retract its marketing authorisation prescribers and patients are entitled to be concerned and a little confused.
Oseltamivir is a sialic acid analogue that inhibits influenza type A and type B neuraminidase, the viral enzyme that allows the release of virus from infected cells. Its main licensed indications are the treatment of flu, short term postexposure prophylaxis after contact with a diagnosed case of flu, and more prolonged (up to six weeks)

Simon R J Maxwell, senior lecturer ..

Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ

" HAZARDS of "Tamiflu" OUTWEIGH The BENEFITS " !!

Please excuse the sound quality of this video ..

Peace.

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[SpudXXXX]

Poulation control. Protect you're kids - don't give them the shot

[alienspacecentereast]

Google Jim Humble and use his MMS instead, it kills Malaria in 4 hours and Flu is no problem at all, and there are NO AFTER COMPLCATIONS AT ALL, the biproduct is table salt...

[RadioTrunews]

Hurrah, lol, keep them coming, I simply love it, sorry, not sounding smug I hope, just over the moon, not easy to explain, but when one bangs on about it for weeks and then this, wow, you know.

Wish someone had the Sky News one, where this woman says she wish she has not give it to her six year old now and left her confused about advise and will not be giving him the vaccine.