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H1N1 SWINE FLU virus becoming resistant to treatment

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The H1N1 swine flu virus that scientists now believe may have caused up to 579,000 deaths worldwide in 2009 is developing resistance to oseltamivir - trade name Tamiflu - the treatment drug of choice. For relative articles Google "swine flu resistance".

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Hiya Jerry,thank you for your inormation...Have you heard that Tamifllu is know to be useless... but what a gold mine orthe pharmacies. What do you think? Please keep us posted..Teresa

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Hi Teresa: I know the efficacy of Tamiflu has been questioned and the debate rages on with health officials demanding studies to prove claims by Roche but I'm not aware the controversy has been definitively resolved. Where can I find that information?

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Jerry, I just searched for it after reading an article on Yahoo News.. If you can not find it, let me know and I will look back in my notes.. Teresa