MHH89
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How would a bacterial antibiotic help against a virus?
I was wondering if anyone used a Z pack to combat the congestion and flem in the chest and nose not the actual flu virus.
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How would a bacterial antibiotic help against a virus?
The only thing that helps is tamiflu.
I thought they only gave that to kids
3 Weeks later still have a hacking cough
I thought they only gave that to kids
As with vaccines, the scientific evidence for Tamiflu and Relenza is thin at best. In its general-information section, the CDC's Web site tells readers that antiviral drugs can "make you feel better faster." True, but not by much. On average, Tamiflu (which accounts for 85 to 90 percent of the flu antiviral-drug market) cuts the duration of flu symptoms by 24hours in otherwise healthy people. In exchange for a slightly shorter bout of illness, as many as one in five people taking Tamiflu will experience nausea and vomiting. About one in five children will have neuropsychiatric side effects, possibly including anxiety and suicidal behavior. In Japan, where Tamiflu is liberally prescribed, the drug may have been responsible for 50 deaths from cardiopulmonary arrest, from 2001 to 2007, according to Rokuro Hama, the chair of the Japan Institute of Pharmacovigilance.
I'm on the list now. This is horrible. Just horrible. As of tonight there is blood in the stuff I'm coughing up.
Please tell me you've seen a doctor. Coughing up blood is a huge step beyond what I had or I've heard anyone else. And lung infections have been, I believe, the primary reason people are dying from H1N1.
Went to the ER today. They think it was just all the coughing tore something up in my throat which caused the blood, but it might be pneumonia, so they are going to have me get more x rays in a couple of days.