Mary Hawking wrote:
> One of the alogrithmns on the HPA website said that in seasonal flu,
> Tamiflu was ineffective after 48hrs after onset - so should only be
> prescribed within 48 hrs of onset of symptoms.
> However, in swine flu doctors may prescribe it later than that at their
> discretion.
> Could someone point me to the evidence that H1N1 goes on being treatable
> with Tamiflu long after it would not be indicated in any other sort of flu?
> Mary
An answer might be here
http://www.cochrane.org/news/articles/influenza_2009.html
but I haven't checked.
Jeff
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