Cut from http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/07/tamiflu_resistance_puzzle.php#comments
I got the chance to try Relenza for myself recently. I'm a GP treating lots of "walk ins", acutely unwell people, and I've had dozens of patients with confirmed H1N1. It was only a matter of time. I started getting a sore throat, runny nose, then aches and pains, nausea, mild confusion and a sweaty fever, increasing VERY quickly over a few hours. 6 hours after symptoms started, when I knew that this was it, I started Relenza. I'm a mild asthmatic, but knowing that this caution over Relenza is probably anecdotal and against the evidence it didn't worry me. (In one treatment study involving 525 patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, zanamivir recipients had a small but significantly increased mean morning peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)) from http://tinyurl.com/kqeeut
Indeed, all symptoms abated very rapidly (within hours) including the systemic effects. It's unlikely that most people will get access to treatment within hours, but if you catch it early, antiviral treatment is marvellous. No nausea either with Relenza. I could have spent a week in bed, instead I was fine.
Posted by: Dr Attila Danko | July 24, 2009 2:33 AM
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