Health: Flu Drugs Inappropriate for Healthy Adults

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wishes. Butch Flu Drugs Inappropriate for Healthy Adults: Study

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22 August 2009

 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The flu drugs Tamiflu and Relenza may not be

worthwhile to treat seasonal influenza in healthy adults, British

researchers reported on Friday.

 

" Recommending the use of antiviral drugs for the treatment of people

presenting with symptoms is unlikely to be the most appropriate course of

action, " wrote Jane Burch of the University of York and colleagues.

 

Their study, published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, supports an

advisory from the World Health Organization that says healthy patients who

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suffering complications do not need to be treated with antivirals.

 

Tamiflu, made by Switzerland's Roche under license from Gilead Sciences

Inc., is a pill that can both treat and prevent influenza A viruses of all

kinds. Zanamivir, made by GlaxoSmithKline under license from Australia's

Biota and sold under the brand name Relenza, is an inhaled drug in the same

class.

 

WHO strongly recommends both drugs for pregnant women, patients with

underlying medical conditions and children under 5, as they are at increased

risk of more severe illness.

 

Burch's team reviewed many different published studies on Tamiflu and

Relenza. " We present the results for healthy adults and people at-risk of

influenza-related complications, " they wrote.

 

Both drugs shaved about half a day, on average, off the time patients were

ill, they found. Influenza usually affects people for about a week.

 

The drugs worked a little better in people who have a high risk of

complications, such as patients with diabetes or asthma, with Relenza

cutting sickness by almost a day and Tamiflu by three-quarters of a day, on

average.

 

This suggests the drugs should be reserved for people who need them the

most, the researchers concluded.

 

Many countries have stockpiled both drugs.

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a pandemic and is circulating globally. U.S. health officials said on Friday

it was worsening in Japan, getting better in Britain and was still widely

active in the United States.

 

Flu is rare in all three countries in August.

 

Global manufacturers do not expect to have vaccines ready until the end of

September or October at the soonest.

 

(Editing by Chris Wilson)

 

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