| The onset of winter brings with it the danger of | | | | acknowledged on two occasions. Studies reveal |
| influenza or flu, the disease is gradually turning out | | | | that isolates from this virus have a high |
| to be a perilous epidemic and leaves the patient in | | | | pathogenicity and can cause severe disease in |
| vulnerable position. The phenomenal rise in people | | | | humans.Is Tamiflu a Savior?Approved by the FDA |
| suffering from flu is also a matter of concern for | | | | on October 27, 1999 Roche's Tamiflu (Oseltamivir |
| experts.Defining Influenza or Flu: Commonly | | | | Phosphate) is a medicine to treat flu. Belonging to |
| occurring in winters Influenza or flu is a viral | | | | a group of medicines called Neuraminidase |
| infection of the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and | | | | Inhibitors these medications attack the influenza |
| lungs. There are two main types of mutating | | | | virus and prevent it from spreading inside your |
| virus: A and B. Type A virus tends to cause more | | | | body. Tamiflu is highly effectual in treating adults, |
| severe illness than type B. Influenza affects | | | | adolescents, and pediatric patients 1year of age |
| people of all age groups but it is most Anyone | | | | and older with the flu whose flu symptoms |
| can get influenza, but it is most serious in elderly, | | | | started within the last day or two. It is also handy |
| in people with chronic underlying illnesses such as | | | | in reducing the chance of getting the flu in people |
| cancer, emphysema or diabetes or in those with | | | | age 13 and older who have a higher chance of |
| weakened immune systems. The worst part of | | | | getting the flu because they spend time with |
| the disorder is its contagiousness; the disorder is | | | | someone who has the flu. Tamiflu can also reduce |
| highly transmittable, even a slight contact with | | | | the chance of getting the flu if there is a flu |
| droplets from the nose and throat of an infected | | | | outbreak in the community.Why Tamiflu?The fact |
| person during coughing and sneezing is enough to | | | | that makes Tamiflu the best medication available |
| get prone to the disorder.Avian Flu and its Human | | | | against influenza is that it is anti-viral. Even |
| transmission: Widely known as bird Flu, Avian | | | | antibiotics can kill bacteria but they are not |
| influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused | | | | effective against viral infection and since flu is a |
| by type A strains of the influenza virus. The | | | | viral infection it deserves treatment through an |
| influence of Avian Flu viruses is not common in | | | | anti-viral medication, which is Tamiflu. The product |
| species except for birds and pigs but the incident | | | | (Tamiflu) is a Neuraminidase Inhibitors and treats |
| occurring in Hongkong in 1997 was a setback. The | | | | the cause of influenza infection by inhibiting the |
| H5N1 virus affected 18 people out of which 6 | | | | critical neuraminidase protein on the surface of |
| died. H5N1 is of particular concern for several | | | | the virus. Buy Tamiflu and rid your self from the |
| reasons. H5N1 mutates rapidly and has a | | | | dangerous consequences of Flu. Others common |
| documented propensity to acquire genes from | | | | medications available for flu are Amantadine and |
| viruses infecting other animal species. Its ability to | | | | Rimantadine. |
| cause severe disease in humans has now been | | | | |