Members of the public reserve Tamiflu is not recommended

Posted on May 1, 2009
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“Tamiflu” belong to the state reserve materials, general pharmacies do not sell. Not recommended for people at home on their own reserves.

 The World Health Organization, “Tamiflu” is mainly used for diagnosis of swine influenza in patients with suspected patients, cases of contact and so on. In addition, the general public does not need to take, “Duffy.”

 While the current domestic swine flu outbreak has not yet discovered, but with the rapid proliferation of swine flu, many people have begun to bring their own, “Tamiflu”, masks for prevention.

 World Health Organization recommended the day before yesterday an open drug “Tamiflu” anti-swine flu outbreak, this reporter yesterday visited the people in large pharmacies and other pharmacies to understand Nepstar found that Jin Liangri come to buy face masks and consult “Tamiflu,” a significant increase in drug use, Guangdong gold Cornell Pharmacy, General Manager Zheng Haotao briefed reporters, some enterprises, organs and units are also to ask whether there are “Duffy” sell.

 In fact, “Duffy,” belong to the state reserve materials, general pharmacies do not sell. CDC Epidemic Prevention and Treatment Institute, Guangdong Province, Dr. Li Ling-hui, deputy director of reminding the people at home do not currently recommended in the reserves “Duffy.” The World Health Organization, “Tamiflu” is mainly used for diagnosis of swine influenza in patients with suspected patients, cases of contact and so on. In addition, the general public does not need to take, “Duffy.” Li Ling-hui suggested that because some of the best treatment of drug treatment for a period of 72 hours of onset, the patient suspected symptoms of swine influenza in the event of a formal medical institutions must go to treatment, avoid blind medication.

 Guangdong Provincial Health Department deputy director of the new wave of Liao’s Nanfang Daily yesterday, to accept telephone interview, stressed that China has not yet appeared in the current outbreak of swine flu, prevention is the main work, the people do not have to panic unduly, and proper personal hygiene and other preventive measures. Zhong Nanshan, China Academy of Engineering, in an interview, also said that scientists have found that the strain with a human influenza, avian influenza gene fragments. In the vaccines have been developed before the strict and effective isolation measures should be is now the best approach.

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