New Antiviral Safety Information Web Page

Published Oct. 20, 2009 at 4:31 p.m.

This page will be updated periodically with new antiviral safety-related information as it becomes available ... Includes: information on new warnings regarding administration of Relenza (zanamivir) Inhalation Solution by nebulizer ...

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Overuse of antivirals could make H1N1 pandemic even worse

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Tamiflu and Relenza are key to fighting the flu virus. But medical authorities warn: Use only when needed, and use them correctly ... Indiscriminate use of antiviral medications to prevent and treat influenza could ease the way for drug-resistant strains of the novel H1N1 virus, or swine flu, to emerge, public health officials warn -- making the fight against a pandemic that much harder ...

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Pregnancy Raises Swine Flu Death Risk

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Published July 29, 2009 at 4:05 a.m.

CDC: Healthy pregnant women are at high risk of hospitalization and death from H1N1 swine flu. Tamiflu or Relenza is recommended for pregnant women with flu symptoms ...

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Swine Flu: Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of Medical Products and Devices

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Published April 29, 2009 at 1:45 a.m.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in response to requests from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) to make available to public health and medical personnel important diagnostic and therapeutic tools to identify and respond to the swine flu virus under certain circumstances. The agency issued these EUAs for the use of certain Relenza and Tamiflu antiviral products, and for the rRT-PCR Swine Flu Panel diagnostic test ...

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H1N1 Swine Flu Information

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Published May 1, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

Information on the H1N1 swine flu virus, including prevention and treatment.

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   This site was created to help deal with the H1N1 influenza flu pandemic. Flu preparation is important! You can have an immunization with the flu vaccine, you can have the flu shot; flu shots are good before you are showing flu symptoms, although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain, vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.

   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.

   Recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.