I think it acts more like an anticatalyst. Tamiflu is a neuraminidase inhibitor (the ‘N’ in H1N1). It essentially prevents the virus from releasing itself after infecting a cell. The amounts actually used in the body will be minute for that reason. If it was more complex the body would metabolize it further I’d assume. Many prescription drugs are not fully metabolized and released into sewage or pass through filtering back into the water supply, birth control pills are a big one.
Thanks for clearing that up. I am more familiar with drugs of abuse in my field.
“Many prescription drugs are not fully metabolized and released into sewage or pass through filtering back into the water supply, birth control pills are a big one.”
Hence the heavy antibiotic smell you get in urine sometimes when you have to take them!
“Many prescription drugs are not fully metabolized and released into sewage or pass through filtering back into the water supply, birth control pills are a big one.”
Hence the heavy antibiotic smell you get in urine sometimes when you have to take them!