[(Title)] Japan lifts more than decade-old ban on use of Tamiflu for 10- to 19-year-olds.

The health ministry has lifted a ban on the use of the flu drug Tamiflu — introduced over a decade ago after some people who took the drug reportedly demonstrated abnormal behavior — for patients 10 to 19 years old.

日本卫生部解除了对10至19岁患者使用流感药物“达菲”的禁令（十年前开始实施，当时一些服用这种药物的人据说表现出了异常行为）。

The ministry on Tuesday instructed the maker of Tamiflu to remove a description in a note attached to the drug saying that patients 10 to 19 years old should, in principle, refrain from using it.

星期二，卫生部指示达米夫卢的制造商删除附于该药品的一份说明中的描述，该说明称，10至19岁的病人原则上应避免使用。

The ban had been in place since 2007 after a series of cases involving abnormal behavior by patients who took the drug, such as jumping off high buildings, stoked public concern.

该禁令自2007年起出台，此前，一系列涉及服用该药物的患者异常行为的案件，如从高楼跳楼引发公众担忧。

However, ministry researchers and others have found no causal link between that behavior and the use of Tamiflu.

然而，部委的研究人员和其他人没有发现这种行为与使用达菲之间的因果关系。

A subcommittee of the ministry's Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council had recently lobbied for Tamiflu to be treated the same as other flu remedies.

卫生部药物事务和食品卫生委员会的一个小组委员会最近进行了游说，要求对达菲给予与其他流感治疗办法相同的待遇。