Tamiflu Approved For Canadian Babies – Other Nations To Follow

Tamiflu Approved For Canadian Babies – Other Nations To Follow Canada has become one among numerous countries that are approving or researching whether infants less than one year of age should be administered the antiviral medication Oseltamivir or commercially referred to as Tamiflu. Canadian Government health officials announced that under certain treatment conditions infants who [...]

Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) Resistant Viruses Recognized

Oseltamivir (Generic Tamiflu) Resistant Viruses Recognized Health specialists in Japan, Denmark and Hong Kong [administered by China] have contacted the WHO and notified them of concerns about resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu on novel H1N1 influenza viruses discovered in laboratory testing. The viruses which were found in three patients with less than severe cases [...]

H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Orders In Jeopardy?

H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Orders In Jeopardy? The Current H1N1 Influenza Virus pandemic is becoming more virulent each day as it continues to spread around the world at frighteningly rapid speed. Not only are health experts surprised at the rapidness of the viruses transmission but concern is growing in some countries that the H1N1 vaccine currently [...]

Tamiflu side effects and children

Tamiflu – side effects and children Tamiflu is a highly popular antiviral medication that is used during community outbreaks of flu and during the flu season in general. Although it is not a cure for the flu, it does seem to be particularly effective when treating flu in children. A recent study that was carried [...]

Tamiflu

Tamiflu antiviral medicine It is common for people to catch the flu in colder climates. However, flu can be caught under pretty much any environmental conditions, due to the fact that it is a virus. There have been many flu strains over the last few decades that have passed quickly and been caught by god [...]

United States Considers Modifying its Drug Stockpile

United States Considers Modifying its Drug Stockpile A variety of H1N1 influenza virus appears to be the leading flu that is spreading now and all of the H1N1 strains, which were tested in North America, were resistant to tamiflu. Other influenza viruses thankfully have not shown the same inclination to resistance however the possibility that [...]

Resistance to Tamiflu

Resistance to Tamiflu Prompts Change In Pandemic Stockpile Medical researchers are trying to discover if using oseltamivir and an older influenza medication can reduce the chance of flu viruses developing a resistance. In Canada, they are attempting to modify the combination of antiviral medications, which are stored as an emergency stockpile in reaction to potential [...]

Tamiflu And Relenza shortage

Crisis Administration For Dispensing Tamiflu And Relenza On April 26th, 2009, a public health emergency was declared by the Health and Human Services Department [HHS] regarding the outbreak of the influenza H1N1 virus. Because of the declaration, the Center for Disease Control [CDC] asked for an [EUA] or an emergency use authorization. This would enable [...]

Marketing Tamiflu

Marketing Tamiflu The name Tamiflu was the second choice, last minute name approved by Roche for their new antiviral medication in 1999. Also in the same year, just in time for the yearly influenza outbreak, oseltamivir was permitted as a prescription for use in Switzerland. One month later, they were approved for using tamiflu in [...]

H5N1 virus treatment (Tamiflu aka Oseltamivir)

Doubling Up Doses of Oseltamivir Hoping To Reduce Fatalities Oseltamivir has been used successfully to treat patients who have contracted the bird flu virus, or H5N1. The regular dose available by prescription is 75 mg taken orally, two times each day for a period of five days. However, even with this treatment, the death rate [...]