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Doctors issue caution in using antivirals for H1N1

From Canada.com: 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 relatively mild illness in most people. 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 frontline...

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GlaxoSmithKline Takes 'Three-Pronged' Approach in China to Fight H1N1 Flu

ChinaBio Today submits: GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) will begin manufacturing its treatment for flu, Relenza, in China to supply China’s domestic market. GSK received approval of the drug in September from the SFDA. Relenza, like Tamiflu from Roche ( RHHBY.PK ), aims at reducing both the severity and the duration of flu symptoms, though some resistance to the drugs seems to be evident. The move...

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4 Cases of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 Cases Appearing at Duke University Medical Center

Tamiflu will remain as the the treatment of choice for the flu. The scary part of this is that 3 of the 4 patients died who had the resistant flu. CDC is investigating. Relenza is another drug that can be used to fight the flu but has some limitations on who can take it, pre-school and those with respiratory disease are out of the loop for this drug. BD RALEIGH, N.C. | A cluster of four Tamiflu-resistant...

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GSK To Manufacture Flu Treatment Relenza In China

GlaxoSmithKline will begin manufacturing its treatment for flu, Relenza, in China to supply China’s domestic market. GSK received approval of the drug in September from the SFDA. Relenza, like Tamiflu from Roche, aims at reducing both the severity and the duration of flu symptoms, though some resistance to the drugs seems to be evident. [More...]

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Online gangs cashing in on swine flu

From Canada.com: Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. Sophos, a British security software firm said it had intercepted hundreds of millions of fake pharmaceutical spam adverts and websites this year, many of them trying to sell counterfeit antiviral drugs like Tamiflu to worried customers....

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GSK may shift some Relenza manufacturing to mainland

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Plc is planning to move part of its flu drug Relenza manufacture to China to better support the local market. "I hope that we will be able to shift some Relenza manufacture to China to make our products more accessible in the country," said Chief Executive Andrew Witty. The drug, which received the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) approval...

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Prescriptions for Tamiflu and other swine flu antivirals up 6%

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. 30, a 5.9% increase from the week before, according to Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions of...

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Free anti-vax conspiracy theory with every tube journey

On the way home from work last night, as I sat on London's Piccadilly Line, a man briefly sat next to me who seemed a little on edge. He was fidgeting and looking around, which I have to say was starting to annoy me (not that, as a London commuter, I'd have said or done anything about it), but he didn't stay for long. Having boarded at Holborn, he stood up again at the next stop, Covent Garden and,...

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Online Scammers Taking Advantage of Swine Flu Scare

Online scammers tend to cash in on people's sense of alarm. By that token, the ongoing H1N1 flu pandemic is like a blank check for online criminals. And they seem to be in no mood to let this opportunity slip past them. According to a report published by web security firm Sophos, the sale of counterfeit antiviral drugs meant to combat H1N1 flu symptoms is going on unabated on the internet. Hundreds...

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Gangs Making 'Millions of Dollars' Selling Fake H1N1 Drugs Online

Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. Sophos, a British security software firm said it had intercepted hundreds of millions of fake pharmaceutical spam adverts and websites this year, many of them trying to sell counterfeit antiviral drugs like Tamiflu to worried customers. Tamiflu,...

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Criminals Profit From H1N1 Flu Fears Through Phising and Spam

Reuters reports that criminal networks are using H1N1 flu fears and Tamiflu shortages to con people out of their personal information and credit card details. They also get people to use their credit cards with a bogus promise of Tamiflu that is never delivered. Sophos, a British security software company, intercepted hundreds of million of fake ads for Tamiflu. Criminal gangs are making millions of...

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Now I've Got H1N1

Am resting up. So cold I took a hot bath to get the chill out of my bones. Went to the doctor. Am on an anti-viral Relenza. Had a ridiculous encounter at the drug store when they told me they were out of stock and could I wait 26 hours before picking it up? I said no, sorry I need it right away so I'd take my prescription to another store to get it filled now. The clerk (through drive-through window...

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Canada is looking out for your health

A selection of our favourite Canadian health advisories issued over the last few days. Solubilize, nebulize, die When treating H1N1 flu patients, don't solubilize and then nebulize your powdered zanamivir (Relenza) and then put it in a ventilator. A pregnant woman died when the lactose in the powdered zanamivir combined with the liquid used to dissolve the powder and blocked her ventilator . You'll...

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Health Claims: Flu fighters

Part of an ongoing series looking at the reality behind health claims THE CLAIM: Supplements, pills, inhalers, lozenges, vitamins, air sterilizers, ultraviolet lights, etc., ward off swine flu. BUYER BEWARE: Only two prescription antiviral drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, are approved...

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Norway to offer swine flu drugs over the counter

Norway is allowing over-the-counter sales of flu medicines Tamiflu and Relenza in response to the rapid spread of swine flu.