Relenza, Zanamivir News

New York State, in partnership with pharmacies, is making antiviral medications available to New Yorkers who need the medications to combat the H1N1 flu but lack prescription health insurance or the ability to pay.

A vaccine against H1N1 is displayed at a hopital in Athens on November 16, 2009 in a file photo.

Oseltamivir-Resistant 2009 Pandemic Influenza A Virus Infection in Two Summer Campers Receiving Prophylaxis - North Carolina, 2009 JAMA.

GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to donate 50 million doses of its adjuvanted pandemic influenza A vaccine to the World Health Organization .

The Centers for Disease Control yesterday overturned its decision regarding urgent medical treatment for a 10-year-old boy suffering from A influenza whose medical condition makes the usual drugs X Tamiflu or Relenza X unsuitable for treating him.

More than one million antiviral doses have been drawn from the federal stockpile in recent months, and the number of prescriptions filled by Canadian retail drugstores for Tamiflu and Relenza, the ... As public health officials urge more rapid use of antivirals for H1N1, some experts worry the drugs could become over-prescribed for what is a ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 Health officials in both the United States and Norway have confirmed the presence of a mutated strain of the H1N1 , swine flu virus in several patients in the countries.

A cluster of four Tamiflu-resistant cases of H1N1 flu at Duke University Medical Center has raised concerns that changes in the virus may make severe infections more difficult to treat.

However, it stressed that the mutation did not appear to cause a more contagious or more dangerous form of A influenza and that some similar cases observed elsewhere had been mild.

AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci today renewed a Proclamation of Civil Emergency Due to a Highly Infectious Agent.

According to the Federal Trade Commission , 10 warning letters have been sent to Web site operators who made questionable claims that their products can prevent, treat, or cure the H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu.

U.S. prescriptions for Tamiflu, Relenza and two other antiviral drugs used in the fight against pandemic H1N1 influenza totaled 587,960 in the week ending Oct.

The daily H1N1 question Who should get Tamiflu? Andre Picard for The Globe and Mail Come back daily for answers to your questions from AndrA© Picard, the Globe's public health reporter, on the H1N1 virus.

According to a CDC update, issued two days ago, hospitalizations for H1N1 flu are now highest among 0 to 4 year olds.

By Frank Urquhart FIRST Minister Alex Salmond yesterday praised the contribution being made by a Scottish pharmaceutical plant in saving countless lives across the globe in the swine flu pandemic.

To the Editor: Neuraminidase inhibitors are recommended for treatment of severe illness caused by the 2009 pandemic influenza A virus, and their use has also been advocated for postexposure prophylaxis in high-risk persons.

DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Oseltamivir is an oral medication used for treating and preventing the " flu ." It is similar to zanamivir .

Indian drug major Cipla has launched generic versions of anti-flu drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir in the local market to treat the H1N1 influenza, which is spreading across the globe and in India.

DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Zanamivir is an inhaled medication used for treating and preventing influenza or the flu.

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