Tamiflu - the wrong message?
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
- Vol. 47 (9) , 97
- https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2009.08.0034
Abstract
Widespread use of ▼oseltamivir (Tamiflu) has been a key strategy in tackling the H1N1 ‘swine flu’ pandemic in the UK. Is the increasing disquiet about this policy justified? In clinical trials on seasonal influenza, neuraminidase inhibitors (oseltamivir and ▼zanamivir) have reduced transmission of influenza A but provided only modest symptomatic improvement. Oseltamivir's use in the current H1N1 pandemic has had various objectives: to limit transmission; to …Keywords
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