FYI---GPs Must Return Flu Vaccines Over Narcolepsy Reports

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LINK: http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/04/15/gps-must-return-flu-vaccines-over-narcolepsy-reports/

GPs Must Return Flu Vaccines Over Narcolepsy

Reports

Submitted by Lois

Rain on April 15, 2011 – 11:33 am

Earlier

this year, we brought news about research

that linked the swine flu vaccine to debilitating narcolepsy,

especially among youth. In Finland,

where the original findings stem, health officials disregarded the concerns, essentially

saying the risk of narcolepsy was worth attempting to keep the flu at bay with

the vaccine.

Europe’s Health Service Executive is removing all stocks of

Pandemrix from general practices which coincides with the Independent’s

story of eight people in Ireland, most of them teenagers, who developed

narcolepsy after receiving the jabs. Sweden’s Medical Products

Agency had concluded that people under 20 vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four

times as likely to develop narcolepsy than those who did not get the shot. The

Irish Medicine Board had been flooded with adverse-reaction reports regarding

the vaccine.

Narcolepsy doesn’t just affect sleep patterns. Besides sudden,

heavy sleepiness, other notable symptoms are sudden loss of muscle tone that

can lead to collapse, sleep paralysis, and half asleep, half awake

hallucinations. Since the European Medicines Agency has not received reports of

a significant narcolepsy increase in the UK they are not recommending any

hamper to the drug’s current marketing authorization.

~Health Freedoms

GPs must return flu vaccine over narcolepsy

fears

Scientists have linked drug to sleep disorder

By JEROME REILLY

The Heath Service Executive (HSE) will remove

all stocks of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix from GPs’ surgeries, the

Sunday Independent has learned.

The vaccine has been linked to the disabling

sleep disorder, narcolepsy.

Last week, this newspaper revealed that eight

people who received the swine flu vaccine in Ireland have developed the

devastating disorder, with most of the cases involving teenagers and young

adults.

Now, the HSE has taken the decision to visit

GP surgeries around the country and collect the vaccine made by pharmaceutical

giant GlaxoKline.

All GPs who received consignments of Pandemrix

have been contacted in a letter from Dr Kelleher, the agency’s

assistant national director of Population Health and Health Protection.

In the directive, Dr Kelleher states: “I

am sure you are aware of reports from Finland and more recently

from Sweden

regarding a possible association between the use of Pandemrix and the onset of

narcolepsy in young people.

“In early January, I advised you that

Pandemrix was only recommended if you had a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine.

“As additional stocks of seasonal flu

vaccine were delivered to all sites that requested them from the end of

January, there has been no requirement to use Pandemrix in any age group.

“Arrangements will be made over the

coming weeks to collect stocks of Pandemrix from all general practice

sites.”

Last week, a new Swedish study found an

increased risk of developing narcolepsy among children vaccinated with

Pandemrix.

Sweden’s Medical Products Agency concluded that those under 20

vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four times as likely to develop narcolepsy

than those who did not get the shot.

The Swedish findings by the Lakemedelsverket

agency broadly reflect a recent study in Finland, though that investigation

found that the risk of children suffering from narcolepsy was nine times higher

among those vaccinated with Pandemrix.

Since August 2010, at least 12 countries have

reported cases of narcolepsy, particularly among young people.

Last week, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB)

said: “The IMB has received a large number of suspected adverse-reaction

reports and queries in association with the pandemic influenza vaccines since

October 2009, the vast majority of which were consistent with the expected

pattern of adverse events for the vaccines.

“Eight reports of narcolepsy-type sleep

disorders have been notified in relation to Pandemrix, most of which have been

very recently received and are currently being followed up for additional

information.”

The vaccination of children and adolescents in

Finland

with Pandemrix was suspended last year until a link to narcolepsy had either

been ruled out or detected.

A spokeswoman for the IMB told the Sunday

Independent that it was supportive of the latest move by the HSE to remove

stocks of Pandemrix from GPs.

In additional information supplied to family

doctors, the HSE describes narcolepsy as “a disabling chronic neurological

disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime

sleepiness.”

However, it also noted that narcolepsy is

often accompanied by a range of other frightening symptoms including cataplexy

— a sudden loss of muscle tone that is often confused with epilepsy and

sometimes leads to a total collapse of the patient.

Other symptoms that can develop gradually

include sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations — extremely vivid

hallucinations that occur at the boundary between sleeping and waking.

GPs are told in the HSE directive that while

there has been an increase in narcolepsy in Finland

and Sweden,

it has not been noted in all countries using Pandemrix.

“No increase has been seen in the United Kingdom, which also

used Pandemrix,” the briefing document noted.

The European Centre for Disease Control is

undertaking a study in nine European countries, with the results expected by

July this year.

“The European Medicines Agency

has stated that no definitive conclusions can be drawn until further studies

are completed and has therefore not recommended any changes to the marketing authorisation

for Pandemrix,” it said.

Here, the Health Protection Surveillance

Centre will now work with the IMB to examine data available on narcolepsy in Ireland.

“In summary, there has been conflicting

data emerging in relation to narcolepsy and the situation is as yet

unclear,” the HSE told Irish doctors.

-

JEROME REILLY

LINK: http://www.independent.ie/health/swine-flu/gps-must-return-flu-vaccine-over-narcolepsy-fears-2607513.html

[Guest guest]

Greetings:

I don’t know how many of you may have seen this

article, but I thought it should be shared.

~~Ruth

LINK: http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/04/15/gps-must-return-flu-vaccines-over-narcolepsy-reports/

GPs Must Return Flu Vaccines Over Narcolepsy

Reports

Submitted by Lois

Rain on April 15, 2011 – 11:33 am

Earlier

this year, we brought news about research

that linked the swine flu vaccine to debilitating narcolepsy,

especially among youth. In Finland,

where the original findings stem, health officials disregarded the concerns, essentially

saying the risk of narcolepsy was worth attempting to keep the flu at bay with

the vaccine.

Europe’s Health Service Executive is removing all stocks of

Pandemrix from general practices which coincides with the Independent’s

story of eight people in Ireland, most of them teenagers, who developed

narcolepsy after receiving the jabs. Sweden’s Medical Products

Agency had concluded that people under 20 vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four

times as likely to develop narcolepsy than those who did not get the shot. The

Irish Medicine Board had been flooded with adverse-reaction reports regarding

the vaccine.

Narcolepsy doesn’t just affect sleep patterns. Besides sudden,

heavy sleepiness, other notable symptoms are sudden loss of muscle tone that

can lead to collapse, sleep paralysis, and half asleep, half awake

hallucinations. Since the European Medicines Agency has not received reports of

a significant narcolepsy increase in the UK they are not recommending any

hamper to the drug’s current marketing authorization.

~Health Freedoms

GPs must return flu vaccine over narcolepsy

fears

Scientists have linked drug to sleep disorder

By JEROME REILLY

The Heath Service Executive (HSE) will remove

all stocks of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix from GPs’ surgeries, the

Sunday Independent has learned.

The vaccine has been linked to the disabling

sleep disorder, narcolepsy.

Last week, this newspaper revealed that eight

people who received the swine flu vaccine in Ireland have developed the

devastating disorder, with most of the cases involving teenagers and young

adults.

Now, the HSE has taken the decision to visit

GP surgeries around the country and collect the vaccine made by pharmaceutical

giant GlaxoKline.

All GPs who received consignments of Pandemrix

have been contacted in a letter from Dr Kelleher, the agency’s

assistant national director of Population Health and Health Protection.

In the directive, Dr Kelleher states: “I

am sure you are aware of reports from Finland and more recently

from Sweden

regarding a possible association between the use of Pandemrix and the onset of

narcolepsy in young people.

“In early January, I advised you that

Pandemrix was only recommended if you had a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine.

“As additional stocks of seasonal flu

vaccine were delivered to all sites that requested them from the end of

January, there has been no requirement to use Pandemrix in any age group.

“Arrangements will be made over the

coming weeks to collect stocks of Pandemrix from all general practice

sites.”

Last week, a new Swedish study found an

increased risk of developing narcolepsy among children vaccinated with

Pandemrix.

Sweden’s Medical Products Agency concluded that those under 20

vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four times as likely to develop narcolepsy

than those who did not get the shot.

The Swedish findings by the Lakemedelsverket

agency broadly reflect a recent study in Finland, though that investigation

found that the risk of children suffering from narcolepsy was nine times higher

among those vaccinated with Pandemrix.

Since August 2010, at least 12 countries have

reported cases of narcolepsy, particularly among young people.

Last week, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB)

said: “The IMB has received a large number of suspected adverse-reaction

reports and queries in association with the pandemic influenza vaccines since

October 2009, the vast majority of which were consistent with the expected

pattern of adverse events for the vaccines.

“Eight reports of narcolepsy-type sleep

disorders have been notified in relation to Pandemrix, most of which have been

very recently received and are currently being followed up for additional

information.”

The vaccination of children and adolescents in

Finland

with Pandemrix was suspended last year until a link to narcolepsy had either

been ruled out or detected.

A spokeswoman for the IMB told the Sunday

Independent that it was supportive of the latest move by the HSE to remove

stocks of Pandemrix from GPs.

In additional information supplied to family

doctors, the HSE describes narcolepsy as “a disabling chronic neurological

disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime

sleepiness.”

However, it also noted that narcolepsy is

often accompanied by a range of other frightening symptoms including cataplexy

— a sudden loss of muscle tone that is often confused with epilepsy and

sometimes leads to a total collapse of the patient.

Other symptoms that can develop gradually

include sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations — extremely vivid

hallucinations that occur at the boundary between sleeping and waking.

GPs are told in the HSE directive that while

there has been an increase in narcolepsy in Finland

and Sweden,

it has not been noted in all countries using Pandemrix.

“No increase has been seen in the United Kingdom, which also

used Pandemrix,” the briefing document noted.

The European Centre for Disease Control is

undertaking a study in nine European countries, with the results expected by

July this year.

“The European Medicines Agency

has stated that no definitive conclusions can be drawn until further studies

are completed and has therefore not recommended any changes to the marketing authorisation

for Pandemrix,” it said.

Here, the Health Protection Surveillance

Centre will now work with the IMB to examine data available on narcolepsy in Ireland.

“In summary, there has been conflicting

data emerging in relation to narcolepsy and the situation is as yet

unclear,” the HSE told Irish doctors.

-

JEROME REILLY

LINK: http://www.independent.ie/health/swine-flu/gps-must-return-flu-vaccine-over-narcolepsy-fears-2607513.html

[Guest guest]

Greetings:

I don’t know how many of you may have seen this

article, but I thought it should be shared.

~~Ruth

LINK: http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/04/15/gps-must-return-flu-vaccines-over-narcolepsy-reports/

GPs Must Return Flu Vaccines Over Narcolepsy

Reports

Submitted by Lois

Rain on April 15, 2011 – 11:33 am

Earlier

this year, we brought news about research

that linked the swine flu vaccine to debilitating narcolepsy,

especially among youth. In Finland,

where the original findings stem, health officials disregarded the concerns, essentially

saying the risk of narcolepsy was worth attempting to keep the flu at bay with

the vaccine.

Europe’s Health Service Executive is removing all stocks of

Pandemrix from general practices which coincides with the Independent’s

story of eight people in Ireland, most of them teenagers, who developed

narcolepsy after receiving the jabs. Sweden’s Medical Products

Agency had concluded that people under 20 vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four

times as likely to develop narcolepsy than those who did not get the shot. The

Irish Medicine Board had been flooded with adverse-reaction reports regarding

the vaccine.

Narcolepsy doesn’t just affect sleep patterns. Besides sudden,

heavy sleepiness, other notable symptoms are sudden loss of muscle tone that

can lead to collapse, sleep paralysis, and half asleep, half awake

hallucinations. Since the European Medicines Agency has not received reports of

a significant narcolepsy increase in the UK they are not recommending any

hamper to the drug’s current marketing authorization.

~Health Freedoms

GPs must return flu vaccine over narcolepsy

fears

Scientists have linked drug to sleep disorder

By JEROME REILLY

The Heath Service Executive (HSE) will remove

all stocks of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix from GPs’ surgeries, the

Sunday Independent has learned.

The vaccine has been linked to the disabling

sleep disorder, narcolepsy.

Last week, this newspaper revealed that eight

people who received the swine flu vaccine in Ireland have developed the

devastating disorder, with most of the cases involving teenagers and young

adults.

Now, the HSE has taken the decision to visit

GP surgeries around the country and collect the vaccine made by pharmaceutical

giant GlaxoKline.

All GPs who received consignments of Pandemrix

have been contacted in a letter from Dr Kelleher, the agency’s

assistant national director of Population Health and Health Protection.

In the directive, Dr Kelleher states: “I

am sure you are aware of reports from Finland and more recently

from Sweden

regarding a possible association between the use of Pandemrix and the onset of

narcolepsy in young people.

“In early January, I advised you that

Pandemrix was only recommended if you had a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine.

“As additional stocks of seasonal flu

vaccine were delivered to all sites that requested them from the end of

January, there has been no requirement to use Pandemrix in any age group.

“Arrangements will be made over the

coming weeks to collect stocks of Pandemrix from all general practice

sites.”

Last week, a new Swedish study found an

increased risk of developing narcolepsy among children vaccinated with

Pandemrix.

Sweden’s Medical Products Agency concluded that those under 20

vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four times as likely to develop narcolepsy

than those who did not get the shot.

The Swedish findings by the Lakemedelsverket

agency broadly reflect a recent study in Finland, though that investigation

found that the risk of children suffering from narcolepsy was nine times higher

among those vaccinated with Pandemrix.

Since August 2010, at least 12 countries have

reported cases of narcolepsy, particularly among young people.

Last week, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB)

said: “The IMB has received a large number of suspected adverse-reaction

reports and queries in association with the pandemic influenza vaccines since

October 2009, the vast majority of which were consistent with the expected

pattern of adverse events for the vaccines.

“Eight reports of narcolepsy-type sleep

disorders have been notified in relation to Pandemrix, most of which have been

very recently received and are currently being followed up for additional

information.”

The vaccination of children and adolescents in

Finland

with Pandemrix was suspended last year until a link to narcolepsy had either

been ruled out or detected.

A spokeswoman for the IMB told the Sunday

Independent that it was supportive of the latest move by the HSE to remove

stocks of Pandemrix from GPs.

In additional information supplied to family

doctors, the HSE describes narcolepsy as “a disabling chronic neurological

disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime

sleepiness.”

However, it also noted that narcolepsy is

often accompanied by a range of other frightening symptoms including cataplexy

— a sudden loss of muscle tone that is often confused with epilepsy and

sometimes leads to a total collapse of the patient.

Other symptoms that can develop gradually

include sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations — extremely vivid

hallucinations that occur at the boundary between sleeping and waking.

GPs are told in the HSE directive that while

there has been an increase in narcolepsy in Finland

and Sweden,

it has not been noted in all countries using Pandemrix.

“No increase has been seen in the United Kingdom, which also

used Pandemrix,” the briefing document noted.

The European Centre for Disease Control is

undertaking a study in nine European countries, with the results expected by

July this year.

“The European Medicines Agency

has stated that no definitive conclusions can be drawn until further studies

are completed and has therefore not recommended any changes to the marketing authorisation

for Pandemrix,” it said.

Here, the Health Protection Surveillance

Centre will now work with the IMB to examine data available on narcolepsy in Ireland.

“In summary, there has been conflicting

data emerging in relation to narcolepsy and the situation is as yet

unclear,” the HSE told Irish doctors.

-

JEROME REILLY

LINK: http://www.independent.ie/health/swine-flu/gps-must-return-flu-vaccine-over-narcolepsy-fears-2607513.html

[Guest guest]

Greetings:

I don’t know how many of you may have seen this

article, but I thought it should be shared.

~~Ruth

LINK: http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/04/15/gps-must-return-flu-vaccines-over-narcolepsy-reports/

GPs Must Return Flu Vaccines Over Narcolepsy

Reports

Submitted by Lois

Rain on April 15, 2011 – 11:33 am

Earlier

this year, we brought news about research

that linked the swine flu vaccine to debilitating narcolepsy,

especially among youth. In Finland,

where the original findings stem, health officials disregarded the concerns, essentially

saying the risk of narcolepsy was worth attempting to keep the flu at bay with

the vaccine.

Europe’s Health Service Executive is removing all stocks of

Pandemrix from general practices which coincides with the Independent’s

story of eight people in Ireland, most of them teenagers, who developed

narcolepsy after receiving the jabs. Sweden’s Medical Products

Agency had concluded that people under 20 vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four

times as likely to develop narcolepsy than those who did not get the shot. The

Irish Medicine Board had been flooded with adverse-reaction reports regarding

the vaccine.

Narcolepsy doesn’t just affect sleep patterns. Besides sudden,

heavy sleepiness, other notable symptoms are sudden loss of muscle tone that

can lead to collapse, sleep paralysis, and half asleep, half awake

hallucinations. Since the European Medicines Agency has not received reports of

a significant narcolepsy increase in the UK they are not recommending any

hamper to the drug’s current marketing authorization.

~Health Freedoms

GPs must return flu vaccine over narcolepsy

fears

Scientists have linked drug to sleep disorder

By JEROME REILLY

The Heath Service Executive (HSE) will remove

all stocks of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix from GPs’ surgeries, the

Sunday Independent has learned.

The vaccine has been linked to the disabling

sleep disorder, narcolepsy.

Last week, this newspaper revealed that eight

people who received the swine flu vaccine in Ireland have developed the

devastating disorder, with most of the cases involving teenagers and young

adults.

Now, the HSE has taken the decision to visit

GP surgeries around the country and collect the vaccine made by pharmaceutical

giant GlaxoKline.

All GPs who received consignments of Pandemrix

have been contacted in a letter from Dr Kelleher, the agency’s

assistant national director of Population Health and Health Protection.

In the directive, Dr Kelleher states: “I

am sure you are aware of reports from Finland and more recently

from Sweden

regarding a possible association between the use of Pandemrix and the onset of

narcolepsy in young people.

“In early January, I advised you that

Pandemrix was only recommended if you had a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine.

“As additional stocks of seasonal flu

vaccine were delivered to all sites that requested them from the end of

January, there has been no requirement to use Pandemrix in any age group.

“Arrangements will be made over the

coming weeks to collect stocks of Pandemrix from all general practice

sites.”

Last week, a new Swedish study found an

increased risk of developing narcolepsy among children vaccinated with

Pandemrix.

Sweden’s Medical Products Agency concluded that those under 20

vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four times as likely to develop narcolepsy

than those who did not get the shot.

The Swedish findings by the Lakemedelsverket

agency broadly reflect a recent study in Finland, though that investigation

found that the risk of children suffering from narcolepsy was nine times higher

among those vaccinated with Pandemrix.

Since August 2010, at least 12 countries have

reported cases of narcolepsy, particularly among young people.

Last week, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB)

said: “The IMB has received a large number of suspected adverse-reaction

reports and queries in association with the pandemic influenza vaccines since

October 2009, the vast majority of which were consistent with the expected

pattern of adverse events for the vaccines.

“Eight reports of narcolepsy-type sleep

disorders have been notified in relation to Pandemrix, most of which have been

very recently received and are currently being followed up for additional

information.”

The vaccination of children and adolescents in

Finland

with Pandemrix was suspended last year until a link to narcolepsy had either

been ruled out or detected.

A spokeswoman for the IMB told the Sunday

Independent that it was supportive of the latest move by the HSE to remove

stocks of Pandemrix from GPs.

In additional information supplied to family

doctors, the HSE describes narcolepsy as “a disabling chronic neurological

disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime

sleepiness.”

However, it also noted that narcolepsy is

often accompanied by a range of other frightening symptoms including cataplexy

— a sudden loss of muscle tone that is often confused with epilepsy and

sometimes leads to a total collapse of the patient.

Other symptoms that can develop gradually

include sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations — extremely vivid

hallucinations that occur at the boundary between sleeping and waking.

GPs are told in the HSE directive that while

there has been an increase in narcolepsy in Finland

and Sweden,

it has not been noted in all countries using Pandemrix.

“No increase has been seen in the United Kingdom, which also

used Pandemrix,” the briefing document noted.

The European Centre for Disease Control is

undertaking a study in nine European countries, with the results expected by

July this year.

“The European Medicines Agency

has stated that no definitive conclusions can be drawn until further studies

are completed and has therefore not recommended any changes to the marketing authorisation

for Pandemrix,” it said.

Here, the Health Protection Surveillance

Centre will now work with the IMB to examine data available on narcolepsy in Ireland.

“In summary, there has been conflicting

data emerging in relation to narcolepsy and the situation is as yet

unclear,” the HSE told Irish doctors.

-

JEROME REILLY

LINK: http://www.independent.ie/health/swine-flu/gps-must-return-flu-vaccine-over-narcolepsy-fears-2607513.html