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I had emailed this (first item below) to myself back in May when I was researching. Still think it needs additional research, but it’s a start. I have not been taking. Just got some & I think I will take 300-600 mg per day until I know more. I used to take this every day, but I need to consult my refs. If I feel like I am getting sick, I will bump up to the 1200 2/day.

I recently asked my doc about the H1N1 vac & I was relieved to hear him say that he personally is NOT going to get one, nor anyone in his family. He said it came on market too fast with too little research (I did not press for more detailed technical info). He said he was only going to get his yearly flu shot & that is what I did also.

My net connection is at a crawl today, but I added a couple other things I just found.

Also, I bought Oscillococinum, mentioned below. Had good research over long period & European research related to H1N1. Can’t remember if it was this one or something called germanicum (sp?) that was used very effectively during the pandemic early 1900’s.
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- It appears that this flu produces a distinctive “hoarseness” in many victims. The symptoms, in general, match other flu’s; namely, sore throat, body aches, headache, cough, and fever. Some have all these symptoms, while others may have only one or two.

- N-Acetyl-Cysteine — has been shown to prevent or lessen the severity of influenza. I suggest 1200mg, twice a day for adults, and 600mg twice a day in kids over 12. It would be hard to get kids under 12 to take it, but you could try opening the capsules and putting it on yogurt. For 40 pounds and up, 300-600 mg twice a day, for less than 40 pounds, half that.

- Oscillococinum, a homeopathic remedy, has been vindicated as quite effective in a large clinical trial in Europe, with an H1N1 variant.

Marc Gitterle, M.D.

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Immunity-N-Acetyl Cysteine

NAC is an amino acid that naturally stimulates glutathione, an antioxidant enzyme. People who have autoimmune problems are often deficient in glutathione. NAC has been used to raise immunity to the flu, and also to treat chronic respiratory problems. A recent study was conducted in which most of the subjects were over 65. Results showed that only 29 percent of those taking NAC developed flu symptoms, compared to 51 percent of those who took the placebo.
Dosage: 300 mg. per day.

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N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) is the acetylated form of L-cysteine that has been used to break up pulmonary and bronchial mucous. It is very efficiently absorbed and has been shown to protect cells directly. NAC is an antioxidant and a free radical-scavenging agent that increases intracellular glutathione at the cellular level. NAC can act as a precursor for glutathione synthesis as well as a stimulator of the cytosolic enzymes involved in glutathione regeneration. NAC has been shown to protect against oxidative stress-induced neuronal death in cultured granule neurons.
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http://www.thenutritionreporter.com/nac.html