Tamiflu - oseltamivir is an antiviral prescription medication designed to treat the influenza virus, including the H1N1 swine flu virus. This illness, more commonly known as the flu, is extremely contagious and is known to cause a ranging severity of sickness in children and adults of all ages.
Tamiflu reduces the duration of influenza symptoms by one and a half days if treatment is started within forty-eight hours after symptoms occur. You can also take Tamilfu to prevent influenza from starting, if you believe you have been exposed to the virus but not yet received any symptoms. Tamiflu can also reduce the effects of bird flu and help speed up recovery time. It can help to minimize the bird flu symptoms to the point where a patient may survive the virus, whereas without Tamiflu, the attack would be fatal.
In an ongoing study of otherwise healthy elderly patients, 65 years of age and older, given the recommended dose of Tamiflu, there was a reduction in the duration of flu in patients receiving Tamiflu similar to that seen in younger adults. Also, no overall difference in safety was observed in clinical trials between the elderly patients and younger adults, and no dose adjustments are required when treating these populations.
One of the advantages of Tamiflu is that it is administered orally, which makes it not only convenient, but allows the drug to be distributed throughout the body, reaching all key sites of infection, including the upper and lower respiratory tracts.
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