Tamiflu Production

The Main Ingredient Of Tamiflu Hard To Come By Star Anise is a spice that originates in Southern China, and is the base ingredient for the anti-viral drug, Oseltamivir or generic tamiflu. This spice is made from the fruit of the star anise tree and is also used in Asian cooking, herbal medicines, and to [...]

Generic Tamiflu

Generic Tamiflu Available Through Indian Manufacturer A drug manufacturer, Cipla Ltd., based in India, has announced that it has the ability to provide sufficient Generic Tamiflu to respond to a global swine flu epidemic, if needed. The amount of the anti-viral flu medication that would be required is 1.5 million doses, and it can produce [...]

Tamiflu Production Deficiency

Oseltamivir Production Deficiency Due to Lack Of Shikimic Acid By 2006, Roche was putting out close to 400 million full treatments of oseltamivir annually. This number far exceeded the number of actual orders Roche had received for the drug and they stated there was no longer a shortage. Government orders of tamiflu in the 2 [...]

Stockpile of Tamiflu

American Government Strategy And Generic Tamiflu In April of 2009, three identifiable swine flu cases in Texas prompted the Governor to request nearly 38,000 doses of oseltamivir from the CDC. In November 2005, Then president George W. Bush asked Congress for funds totaling 7.1 billion USD for emergency financial support for a flu pandemic awareness [...]

Tamiflu and Pandemic fears

Swine flu Pandemic fears and Oseltamivir During the outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 in south east Asia in 2005, the use of oseltamivir was widespread. It was during this period when nations such as Britain, United States, Canada, Australia and Israel began to stockpile large amounts of oseltamivir to prepare for what appeared to be [...]

Oseltamivir And Probenecid Combination

Using Both Oseltamivir And Probenecid For Increased Effectiveness There have been proposals promoting the co-management of oseltamivir with probenecid [Probenecid competitively inhibits the renal excretion of some drugs, thereby increasing their plasma concentration and prolonging their effects]. Certain research has shown that including 500 mg of probenecid every six hours doubled the maximum plasma absorption [...]

Oseltamivir Versus Assorted Flu Strains

Oseltamivir Versus Assorted Flu Strains Generic tamiflu has been available since February 2006, when Thailand was granted the right to produce this drug. Since then, China and India have also produced this medication. Some people have raised concerns that the use of oseltamivir may cause flu virus strains to become resistant to other flu medications, [...]

What is Tamiflu?

The Basics on Tamiflu With all of the recent health scares and pandemics that have sprung up all around the globe, the public’s knowledge of viruses has been limited. This has felt particularly alarming for many. Some pandemics can spread very quickly, and with newer strains of viruses the solutions can be hard to come [...]

Flu or Influenza facts

Facts about the Flu Flu, or influenza, has been misunderstood for a number of years. This is because people are not entirely sure that they have flu, or perhaps they are not clear on the type of flu that they have. What makes matters worse is that the average person who has not yet had [...]

When Tamiflu Stock Expires

When Tamiflu Stock Expires The Canadian emergency stockpile consists of about fourteen million doses, or enough drugs to assist roughly 1.4 million persons. The antiviral Relenza makes up slightly less than thirty percent of that supply. The plan is to add a further two million doses this year. The purchase will consist of more amantadine [...]