Posted on 10/20/2005 7:47:37 PM PDT by neverdem
Guess they didn't read the articles that said that Tamiflu didn't work on H51N.
So, the manufacturer should keep making the product but no one should buy it.
So, the manufacturer should keep making the product but no one should buy it.
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Yep the gov will take care of you! AFTER they take care of themselves if there is anything left. Nothing pisses socialists off more than someone solving a problem or preparing for a problem with out their enlightened concern
dawn53, I believe you're referring to a story about a Vietnamese female who survived infection with a strain of H5N1 that showed resistance to Tamiflu.
Did anyone learn anything from Katrina? Are you waiting for the government to dole out a medicine that you can get for yourself? What is the shelf life for Tamiflu
sefarkas, you raise some good points. I have no idea of what is the shelf life. You have to trust the expiration date from an internet provider.
That's a lot of people. Crispy Creme and a Coke anyone?
Brilliant! "So, the manufacturer should keep making the product but no one should buy it." Don't you know that one of the ways they ruined the vacination biz. The government would buy it all, but if they didn't need it, they would not pay for it. Hillary.
It was brilliant. It was also sarcasm.
Just read an article that stated three other manufacturers were in discussion with Roche to be able to manufacture Tamiflu. With Roche's help they could be making it in one month. Without help, three months.
The pressure of the free market has pushed production way up, not the whiners in the article.
The labels say 1 or 2 years, but the actual shelf life is more like 10 or 20. They would give a 3 year shelf life to sodium chloride, despite the fact sea salt has been around for billions of years unchanged. Ok, except for the occasional neutrino absorption or proton decay...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/460159
Actually, the articles I've read said it does. So does Relenza. Unfortunately there is no 100% solution to any virus or bacteria. Its just a roll of the dice, but if I got this 1918-type flu I'd damn sure want to take either one of those anti-viral drugs as they have been proven to mitigate the effects of most of the types of flu out there today including H5N1.
Are you sure about this?
Tamiflu Chemical Structure
Neuraminidase inhibitors are designed to inhibit, or "plug" the active site of an enzyme, called neuraminidase. Neuraminidase is found protruding from the surface of the two main types of influenza virus, type A and type B. It enables newly formed viral particles to travel from one cell to another in the body. By inactivating neuraminidase, viral replication is stopped, halting the influenza virus in its tracks.
Would be worth a try if people are droping like files around you
For most drugs, using them beyond their expiration dates would probably have a negligible loss of pharmcological activity depending how old they are and their storage conditions. You don't want a cavalier attitude with expired tetracycline, or you may get Fanconis syndrome. I wouldn't be surprized if there are other drugs with expiration dates that need to be respected.
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