http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_28430.html
Tamiflu is 'useless' for avian flu
United Press International
Saturday, December 3, 2005
LONDON, Dec 3, 2005 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A Vietnamese doctor with experience in
treating avian flu says Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled for treatment of
avian flue is useless against the virus.
Dr. Nguyen Tuong Van of the Centre for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi has treated
41 victims of H5N1, following World Health Organization guidelines and
administering Tamiflu to her patients. She told the Sunday Times of London the
medicine had no effect.
"We place no importance on using this drug on our patients," she said. "Tamiflu
is really only meant for treating ordinary type A flu. It was not designed to
combat H5N1."
The newspaper said the finding casts doubt on the British government's pandemic
flu policy. The nation's top medical official, Sir Liam Donaldson, has ordered
15 million doses of Tamiflu be stockpiled.
Van said the only way to keep avian flu patients alive is to "support" all
their vital organs -- including the liver and kidneys -- with modern technology
like ventilators and dialysis machines, the Sunday Times reported.
The WHO has acknowledge Tamiflu had not been "widely successful in human
patients," but said it believes it would have been more effective in many Asian
countries if it had been used earlier in the illness.
URL: www.upi.com
Copyright 2005 by United Press International
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