[Ip-health] Boy plunges to death after taking controversial 'tamiflu' drug

[Chieko Kurihara]

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Boy plunges to death after taking controversial 'tamiflu' drug

TOMIGUSUKU, Okinawa -- A junior high school boy plunged to his death on
Monday evening after taking the controversial "tamiflu" drug, which has been
blamed for producing dangerous side-effects, police said.
At around 5:50 p.m. on Monday, a passer-by found a boy lying face-down in
the parking lot of a prefectural apartment complex in the Onaga district of
Tomigusuku, local police said. He was rushed to hospital where he was
pronounced dead.
The boy has been confirmed to be a 12-year-old, first-year junior high
school student living in a sixth-floor condominium in the complex.
His family said the boy took tamiflu at around noon on Monday because he had
a high fever. However, after his fever did not decline, he took an
anti-febrile drug later in the day.
Some people who have taken tamiflu have shown irregular behavior such as
sleep-walking. However, the causal relationship between the drug and such
behavior has not been proven. (Mainichi)
July 4, 2006

Chieko Kurihara
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