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Fighting Flu

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Fighting Flu

Published: Tue, 27 Oct 2009

Description: Headline Health talks about the FDA's decision to allow the use of an experimental antiviral drug to treat severe cases of H1N1

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" Dude too I guess the as it continues analysis by the CDC of the H1N1 -- There's a new drug. That got sort of a fast track. And anti viral this is an experimental drug. We which is school -- of the year. Is is a drug that now. They have decided to give the green light to use this is an antiviral medication -- we have the Tamiflu we have the relents. Which is being available. -- of anti viral vaccines which by the way they work. Very very very well especially if you get exposed to any kind of flu virus and you do within the first 24 hours -- Tamiflu. You know semifinal grams at least twice today or show it's very effective on the -- very effective too but this new and I'm of the year. Which is made by by a -- pharmaceuticals. Seems to be working very well. Anti viral. Given intravenously for people that are committed to the hospital both kids and adults so. Here's an experimental drug getting fast tracked him now we've seen to have three anti viral. Therapies available for for the H one and ones so I think we're going to be okay -- and it was going to be okay I they would be just fine."

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