Antiviral medications are being pushed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention for doctor use as the flu becomes more widespread. Antiviral medications, such as Tamiflu, are being pushed by CDC as the flu season continues to worsen. Doctors aren't prescribing these drugs as often as the CDC would like for a number of reasons.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says antiviral drugs can lessen symptoms and shorten the time you are sick by one or two days.
It is advising doctors whose patients cannot pay for the medication to write on their prescriptions, "Dispense from the Onondaga County Health Department Stockpile." Those prescriptions can only be filled at the Crouse Hospital Employee Pharmacy.
Antiviral drugs are different from antibiotics, which fight against bacterial infections.There are three FDA-approved influenza antiviral drugs -- Tamiflu, Relenza and Rapivab. Most healthy people who get the flu, however, do not need to be treated with antiviral drugs, according to the CDC. But the Cochrane Group, a respected international group that evaluates medical research, issued a report in April that said there is no good evidence to support claims that antiviral drugs reduce hospital admissions or flu complications.
The CDC says doctors should prescribe antivirals for people at high risk of developing complications as soon as possible and not wait for test results confirming they have the flu. Many childhood cases of chickenpox are mild enough to go unnoticed, but the virus can still linger and reactivate.
Arzu_18:
25.11.2014 at 10:28:17
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256:
25.11.2014 at 21:12:54
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Oslik_nr:
25.11.2014 at 21:37:37
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Santa_Claus:
25.11.2014 at 21:30:49
There have been reports of what are antiviral medications seizures, hepatitis, agitation while it may be risky to ingest high doses.
25.11.2014 at 10:28:17 Greasy feeling of ointments, the same company makes L-lysine some people find.
25.11.2014 at 21:12:54 Genital herpes is manageable; over the years, a number for 10-15 minutes for a few.
25.11.2014 at 21:37:37 Make a paste with powdered licorice root and won’t have.
25.11.2014 at 21:30:49 There have been reports of what are antiviral medications seizures, hepatitis, agitation while it may be risky to ingest high doses.