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PostHeaderIcon What Alternative Is There To Oseltamivir For The Swine Flu?

7:08 AM | Posted by Swine Flu Info Blog | Edit Post
I'm currently in El Salvador a central american country south of Mexico and would like to take precautions against the swine flu but oseltamivir or tamiflu is out of my budget. Is there anything else I can take?
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2 comments:

MEDICAL DOG said...

Relenza (zanamivir) has also been proven effective against the swine flu.
Don't buy it just yet unless you actually get the flu, though.

May 10, 2009 at 7:08 AM
Kalibasa said...

Zanavamir (Relenza) has been working, amantadine and rimantadine have not. Don't buy either Tamiflu or Relenza unless you actually fall sick, though- this will be taking it away from the people who need it. You'd be better off focusing on prevention. If it comes near you, wear a mask but a *good* one- n-95 or N-99. The masks half the people in Mexico are wearing in the pictures won't stop viruses. (The blue ones). Don't touch your *eyes* as well as your nose and mouth, and get an *alcohol-based* hand sanitizer. (Sanitizers can rarely target everything, so they often focus on bacteria and fungi. Alcohol won't kill resistant spore-forming bacteria, but it will kill viruses). Get it 62-70% by volume. You should be fine, don't buy drugs!

May 10, 2009 at 7:08 AM

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