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TAMIFLU®
Tamiflu is an oral prescription-only medicine specifically designed to attack the influenza virus and stop it spreading inside your body. It can be used to prevent the development of the influenza virus or to treat the virus and stop it multiplying inside the body. Tamiflu is designed to be active against influenza virus type A and B strains.
Compared to placebo, Tamiflu delivers:
- 38 percent reduction in the severity of symptoms
- 67 percent reduction in respiratory complications requiring antibiotics, such as bronchitis and pneumonia in otherwise healthy individuals
- 37 percent reduction in the duration of influenza illness
Disease Area
Influenza is a highly infectious viral illness, which usually occurs in the autumn and winter months and can cause community outbreaks lasting for six to eight weeks. Influenza is characterised by a series of symptoms that can affect the entire body. People with influenza are likely to experience a combination of symptoms including cough, sore throat, runny nose and eyes, headache and usually high fever or chills, fatigue, aching muscles and joints, and breathing difficulties. Many people confuse influenza with a bad cold. Influenza has a sudden onset and symptoms can last for up to a week, keeping you in bed for a number of days. Recovery from influenza generally takes a few weeks. Many people use medications to reduce the symptoms of influenza like high fevers or coughs, but these symptom controllers do not attack the influenza virus itself, which continues to run its course. The preferred method of prevention is through vaccination, although anti-viral medicines can be used to both prevent and treat influenza.
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