News on Tamiflu

New inhaled drug protects from flu in single dose

2010-02-25T17:15:12Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A single dose of an experimental influenza drug saves more mice from H5N1 avian influenza than the preferred drug Tamiflu, researchers reported on Thursday, and can also protect against infection.</p><p>The tests of Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd's CS 8958 or lani...

Herbs Used For Incense

2010-02-22T15:54:49Z

Historically, sick rooms were once cleansed using the smoke from burning sage and rosemary. Fragrant Cedar wood is classified as an anti-viral, anti-fungal, expectorant and lymphatic cleanser. The needles from Pine, Spruce and Fir trees contain the main ingredient in Tamiflu (a medicine used to treat the bird flu) called shikimic acid. Respiratory ailments have been helped with the application of incense made with Frankincense. Other similarly ...

Scientists Develop Cheaper Version Of Tamiflu

2010-02-22T19:35:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Alternative method found for producing active ingredient</div><div><p> Tamiflu has emerged as one of the preferred weapons in the battle against flu, both seasonal and the H1N1 virus, but it has at least one drawback -- it tends to be costly.</p><p>But a group of scientists claim to have developed an alternative method for producing the active ingre...

Public Citizen: Tamiflu Doesn't Work on Flu Complications

2010-02-23T08:35:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Questions industry-funded tests assuring efficacy</div><div><p>Tamiflu, the anti-flu drug being snapped up in record amounts, does not prevent serious complications from the flu and should not be used for routine control of the flu in healthy adults, according to Public Citizen.</p>...

China treating severe swine flu with blood plasma

2010-02-23T11:14:36Z

<div><p>China has started treating severely infected swine flu patients with blood plasma donated by survivors — a therapy not yet proven to work but one that has shown potential to save lives.</p><p>In many parts of China, government-run blood collection stations have been harvesting plasma from people who have high levels of swine flu-fighting antibodies in their blood, because they recently recov...

S.Korea reports first Tamiflu-resistant death

2010-02-23T14:50:15Z

<div><p>A South Korean infant infected with swine flu has died of pneumonia and respiratory failure after showing no response to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, officials said Thursday.</p><p>The one-year-old girl died on December 1 in hospital, the health ministry said, adding that health officials discovered a strain of the (A)H1N1 virus resistant to Tamiflu in her body.</p><...

Seoul to spend $15 million on flu aid to N.Korea

2010-02-23T16:28:20Z

<div><p>South Korea is preparing to ship medical supplies worth more than 15 million dollars to help North Korea fight an outbreak of swine flu, officials said Monday.</p><p>The unification ministry, which handles cross-border ties, said the shipment would include antiviral drugs for 500,000 patients -- South Korea is preparing to ship medical supplies worth more than 15 million dollars to help North Korea fight an outbreak of swine flu, officials said Monday.</p><p>The unification ministry, which handles cross-border ties, said the shipment would include antiviral drugs for 500,000 patients -- Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Friday endorsed findings that there is no clear evidence the antiviral Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia in otherwise healthy people with seasonal flu.</p><p>But the WHO conti...

WHO insists Tamiflu effective for high risk flu cases

2010-02-23T17:39:39Z

<div><p>The World Health Organisation on Friday stood by its advice on the use of Tamiflu in high risk swine flu patients, insisting that it was effective in those cases despite a study questioning the antiviral drug.</p><p>WHO spokesman Gregory Haertl sai...

Britain: Swine flu less deadly than first thought

2010-02-23T18:04:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Britain: Swine flu less deadly than first thought, about 100 times less lethal than 1918 flu</div><div><p>Swine flu is far less dangerous than originally feared, British officials said Thursday — about 100 times less lethal than the 1918 Spanish flu.</p><p>To determine how deadly the virus is, the British health department tracked all ...

NKorea agrees to accept medicine from SKorea

2010-02-23T18:51:51Z

<div><p>North Korea agreed Thursday to accept medicine from South Korea to fight an outbreak of swine flu, a Cabinet minister said, in a development that could improve relations between the nations after a deadly maritime clash.</p><p>"Today, the North expressed its intention to receive" the medical aid, Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases on train trip</div><div><p>Health officials in Vietnam are reporting what appears to be the largest cluster yet of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases — seven people who traveled together on a long train ride.</p><p>Six were f...

Ohio agency partners with 4 retailers on flu drugs

2010-02-23T18:30:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Ohio health department partners with 4 major retailers to distribute flu drugs where needed</div><div><p>The state is partnering with four large retail chains in an attempt to make sure all Ohioans have access to flu treatment drugs this flu season.</p><p>The Ohio Department of Health said Wednesday it had reached...

What to Do If You Catch the Swine Flu During an Extended Business Stay

2010-02-23T18:26:17Z

Since the Swine Flu, also known as the H1N1 Virus, was first discovered in April of 2009, over a million American citizens have been diagnosed with it and over 500 have died. While it has still not caused as much damage as the regular seasonal flu, it remains a threat largely because it refuses to go away. The virus has spread to all corners of the globe, so you are not safe from it when you are on business trips abroad. Traveling for business can also increase your risk of contracting the vi...

Experts question use of Tamiflu: report

2010-02-23T18:53:55Z

<div><p>Experts question the effectiveness of antiviral drug Tamiflu commonly used against the swine flu virus spreading across the globe, according to a study reported in Britain Tuesday.</p><p>An investigation by the British Medical Journal and Channel 4...

British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works

2010-02-23T18:58:38Z

<div id="subtitle">British researchers say little evidence Tamiflu works, but WHO says the drug is useful</div><div><p>British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizati...

New review questions benefit of Roche drug Tamiflu

2010-02-23T19:00:18Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - There is no clear evidence that Roche's widely used drug Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia in people with flu, a group of medical experts said on Tuesday.</p><p>Governments around the world have mobilized Tamiflu stockpiles to fight swine flu but an updated review of past clinical trial re...

Netherlands reports mutant swine flu death

2010-02-23T21:21:25Z

<div><p>Dutch authorities said Thursday a patient infected by a mutant strain of the swine flu virus had died, but added that this was not the cause of death.</p><p>Harald Wychgel, spokesman for the Dutch Institute for Health and the Environment, told AFP that there had been a "minor change in the virus to make it resistant to World Health Organisation on Wednesday recommended boosted antiviral treatment for hospital patients with severely weakened immune systems who contract swine flu, following recent clusters of Tamiflu resistance.</p><p>Although the WHO said there was no evidence that the two clusters found in