Dependence on medicine.

What will you do if you see an illusion that you're in your house and it's in a fire?
Will you throw your body out from the nearest window, even if it's 2nd floor?

I don't know.
And thanks God, I never saw such an illusion.

But this might be what the boys who took Tamiflu experienced.
It's just my guess. We don't know and we'll never know.
But the truth that 3 boys who took Tamiflu committed suicide by jumping cannot be denied.

After Thalidomide, we are sensitive to the side effects of medicines.
But as long as pharmacists keep on making new medicines, we can't avoid this.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare plans to reserve Tamiflu's good for 25 million people.

However, the Ministry mentioned above also tells that Tamiflu isn't necessary for all people.
When usually healthy people suffer from the flu, they'll have fever for about 4 days and will be fine.
It must be prescribed only when the patient is either old, has cardiac or respiratory disease.
It is also possible to prescribe for the "busy" people, with the reasons like "exam is near".
But it is not recommended to take Tamiflu rashly.
There are also some flu which Tamiflu has no effect.

There's no such thing as panacea.
We just dream that it exists.
But after all, medicines are chemicals.
(I would like to exclude Chinese 'herbal' medicines here.)

These are the best combinations I know to keep sicknesses away:
Aspirins, water, balanced diet, moderate exercises or sports and enough rest.

Except for aspirins, these are the traditional ways to fight against sicknesses mankind had since ever.