That Tamiflu Commercial

[R8RFAN]

The one with the huge guy in the tiny house with the Jack Russell dog...

When that dog whines or barks, does it get the attention of your dog? My dog watches the damn commercial and will wake up from a sleep to do so.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Weird that his immune system was getting its ass kicked right up until the time he took his medication...

Read the studies on it. It doesn't work that way.

The body is amazing and can recover very quickly once it learns how to fight the infection on its own.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Read the studies on it. It doesn't work that way.

The body is amazing and can recover very quickly once it learns how to fight the infection on its own.

It's interesting that his body learned how to fight it right after taking medication specifically designed to fight the flu. I'm not saying you're wrong...just that I trust my doctor over a guy on the Internet who does whatever it is you do for a living.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

It's interesting that his body learned how to fight it right after taking medication specifically designed to fight the flu. I'm not saying you're wrong...just that I trust my doctor over a guy on the Internet who does whatever it is you do for a living.

Have you read up anything on this drug?. What it does, how it works, and when it has to be taken to do its job?

[planetdoc]

Updated Review: Tamiflu Is a Bust

Governments have spent billions of dollars stockpiling the antiviral medication Tamiflu. Earlier reviews of the drug called into question just how effective it was, and the latest analysis, published today (April 10) in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), concludes that the money has been going “down the drain.”

An international team found that while Tamiflu might reduce the duration of flu symptoms by half a day, there’s no evidence that it reduces hospital admissions or complications of an infection. On top of that, the antiviral’s side effects include nausea and vomiting. “There is no credible way these drugs could prevent a pandemic,” Carl Heneghan, one of authors of the review and a professor at Oxford University, told reporters.

The data for this most recent review came from full study reports—data generated by clinical trials that are usually not open for scrutiny by independent researchers. Efforts by the BMJ and the research team convinced drugmaker Roche, which markets Tamiflu, to release the reports.

Fiona Godlee, an editor at BMJ, said that the picture of Tamiflu was previously much more positive than after the full study reports were disclosed. “Why did no one else demand this level of scrutiny before spending such huge sums on one drug?” she said at a press briefing. “The whole story gives an extraordinary picture of the entrenched flaws in the current system of drug regulation and drug evaluation.”

support the alltrials campaign.

[bevischief]

Originally Posted by planetdoc

Updated Review: Tamiflu Is a Bust



support the alltrials campaign.

[planetdoc]

Originally Posted by bevischief

you disagree?

[bevischief]

Originally Posted by planetdoc

you disagree?

I could have told you this without this study. It is all about money. Go read the side effects of just about any drug.

[planetdoc]

Originally Posted by bevischief

I could have told you this without this study. It is all about money. Go read the side effects of just about any drug.

just because drugs list side-effects does not mean they are not clinically affective for their labeled use.

[listopencil]

Meh. Go to your doctor if you have persistent flu-like symptoms for more than a few days.