Due to the problem that the ingredients of the sleep-inducing agent were mixed in the therapeutic drug such as water bugs manufactured by the drug manufacturer in Fukui prefecture, the company has some patients who were prescribed this drug and could not contact directly. We will contact you through medical institutions and proceed with apologies and compensation.
Kobayashi Kako, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, voluntarily collects the ingredients of the sleep-inducing agent in the itraconazole tablet 50 "MEEK", which is manufactured and sold as a treatment for athlete's foot and other mycoses. Is proceeding.
On the 17th, the company will pay a flat fee of 300,000 yen to all patients who are prescribed this drug, pay medical expenses to patients who have suffered health problems due to taking this drug, and deal with traffic accidents caused by taking this drug. Announced that compensation will be provided.
According to the company, 364 patients were prescribed the drug in 31 prefectures, some of whom have not yet been contacted directly.
For this reason, we will contact you through medical institutions and proceed with procedures for apologies and compensation.
By midnight on the 17th, there were 157 reports of side effects from patients from at least 21 prefectures, and 20 cases of accidents such as loss of consciousness while driving were reported.
In addition, a woman in her 70s in the metropolitan area and a man in her 80s in the Chubu region have died, and the company is listening to a medical institution to investigate the relationship between taking the drug and death.