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In addition to Tamiflu, Amantadine and Rimantadine are effective drugs against Influenza A and should be kept handy during the coming flu season. These compounds inhibit the activity of the influenza virus M2 protein, which forms a channel in the virus membrane. As a result, the virus cannot replicate after it enters the host. Relenza, an inhaler is used to treat Influenza A and Influenza B, the two types most responsible for flu epidemics. Patients needed to start treatment within two days of the onset of symptoms.
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Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), co-developed with Gilead Sciences of Foster City, California, is a systemic treatment for all common strains of influenza (types A & B) and is available in a convenient pill form. Tamiflu was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 1999 for the treatment of uncomplicated influenza in adults and is now the market leader in antiviral influenza treatment. In its first season of availability for treatment, Tamiflu amassed more than 58 percent of the market share within the new class of antivirals called neuraminidase inhibitors, and garnered more than 30 percent of the overall influenza antiviral market.
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Tamiflu has caused birth defects when tested on pregnant animals (it hasn’t been tested on pregnant women). Therefore if you are carrying a baby or are planning to be pregnant soon you should not start a Tamiflu treatment without consulting your doctor.
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Tamiflu (the difficult-to-make oseltamivir) works by inhibiting the activity of a particularly nasty protein on the influenza virus' surface, a protein called neuraminidase. The virus uses neuraminidase for chemically dissolving a path through the cell wall of the patients body cells... trespassing into the cell. Once inside, it orders the cell to make replicas of itself. When sufficient numbers of replicas are made, then the new viruses again use their nasty neuraminidase to make their way through the cell wall and escape to the outside. Here they are ready to enter new body cells. The wall of the cell they leave behind is destroyed and the cell dies.
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Tamiflu can help prevent flu in case you have been exposed to people infected with flu. It ... decreases other ailments accompanied by flu such as weakness, headache, cough, fever and sore throat in just the first day of intake. Tamiflu has been used to treat type A and B influenzas. It has also been found effective against the bird (avian) flu virus H5N1 strain. The World Health Organization (WHO) has mentioned Tamiflu as the drug for tackling bird flu if ever a human pandemic breaks out.
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[T]he potency of Tamiflu against the bird flu virus is considerably reduced when taken after 24 hours of the first symptoms of the disease. The Tamiflu dosage must be strictly complied with. Generally, it is 75 mg by mouth twice daily for 5 days. Tamiflu must be resorted to only on the advice of your doctor who will check if your body is adaptable to Tamiflu. For convenience of the patients, many websites offer Tamiflu online where patients can buy Tamiflu after satisfying about the prescription.
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