A TEENAGER who suffered a severe reaction to swine flu drug Tamiflu was later told she had not even contracted the virus.
Samantha Millard had taken Tamiflu after advice from the NHS swine flu helpline, but 72 hours later she was in hospital on a life-support machine.
The 19-year-old, of Purslane Drive, Bicester, had a severe allergic reaction to the drug and developed the life-threatening Stevens Johnson syndrome It later developed into toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome, which has left her with damaged eyesight and a string of health problems.
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