1.   Because its main ingredients are regulated, dealers obtain the raw material by boiling over-the-counter flu medicine.

2.   Flu medicines come in liquids, tablets, caplets, even tea mixes.

3.   Over-the-counter flu medicines fill drug store shelves.

4.   Relenza was the first of a new class of flu medicines to reach the market.

5.   The Prime Minister, Tomiichi Murayama told parliament on Wednesday the government was stepping up already frantic efforts to get flu medicine into the area.

6.   Pseudoephedrine, an antihistamine found in over-the-counter cold and flu medicine, is legal for purchase in Canada.

7.   A strong performance by other new products, including the flu medicine Relenza, contributed to the result for the first three months of the year.

8.   He said he had taken flu medicine ahead of the meet but was otherwise clean.

9.   Longo, who missed the world championships because of a muscle injury, claimed he had taken flu medicine ahead of the meet in Turin.

10.   Longo said he had taken flu medicine but was otherwise clean.