Bird flu virus resistant to Tamiflu

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | October 14, 2005 | MALCOLM RITTER

[drlevy88]

That's great for bubbling earwax out, but you don't catch colds and flus through your ear.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Because the tooth brush grows bacteria or gets its bacteria from around the area were it is placed.

[Wiseghy]

Excellent point.

In terms of a flu pandemic, I might suggest that folks buy a few of the cheap N100 paper masks and stash them away. Remember that folks wore those to get around in Hong Kong during the SARS scare. Having a mask could enable a person to remain mobile and relatively safe during the peak weeks of a pandemic.

A 50% fatality rate is nothing to...uhhhh...sneeze at.

[steve86]

Tamiflu tablets split and administered twice as frequently (half a dose every six hours) for active cases may still work. The problem may not be true resistance but ability of the virus to regenerate quickly between doses. Usually, one tablet a day (75 mg) is given for prevention and one every 12 hours for an active case. I am just leaving now and don't have time to get the links. Might be worth keeping this in mind if it pans out. This is not medical advice and I am not formally trained in medicine.

[steve86]

I guess it is actually a capsule, not a tablet. Can still split the dose. There is a suspension form available also.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yes... good advise.
Also but those sanitary handy wipes to wipe your hands and face.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

opps,,,,, typo.
Correction: Also buy those sanitary handy wipes to wahs your face and hands with.

[3M Masks]

I found 3M N95 Masks at http://www.3MMasks.com for reasonable proces. Other sites too. I remember the SARS days when these masks were 5 dollars each so I bought some too early. I am not happy that you cannot buy Tamiflu without a prescription.