Tamiflu is not a drug to prevent H1N1
Posted on January 13, 2010
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In recent days, according to media reports, Chinese-made “Tamiflu” has been carried out into the Shanghai portion of the retail pharmacy, patients can determine their doctor’s prescription to purchase. This message has attracted much public attention, many people go to pharmacies for the drug, but experts warned that Tamiflu is a prescription drug, Xu Ping doctor’s prescription to buy, and not as a preventive medication.
State Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation Pharmacist Wang Gong Li, director of tips, usually a doctor to determine if a stream of patients with symptoms have increased or there other complications will be necessary to use Tamiflu and other antiviral drugs early as possible, the general condition after the confirmation of 36 ~ within 48 hours of taking the best. However, Tamiflu is a prescription drug, the patient should not free to buy, when used strictly according to instructions, and doctor’s advice. Wang Gong Li pointed out that the free flow of taking Tamiflu not only for a preventive role, but also easily lead to drug resistance, once the really become a flow of critically ill patients, eat Tamiflu to reach the original effect. Tamiflu as the treatment of Influenza A H1N1 influenza medication, when in use must follow strict rules, it is a kind of antiviral drugs that can treat influenza, but there was no preventive effect, not suitable as a preventive medication. To remind patients, if there is fever and other related symptoms, they should promptly seek medical treatment, the doctor will follow the right A stream classification in patients with treatment programs, conduct timely and effective treatment.
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