Tamiflu PIREP

Roger Long wrote:

If you use Tamiflu and feel great, take a
few moments for a really thorough self assessment before you fly.

Thanks for the warning. I've been floored since Tuesday by something
like this, and
might well have been suckered if I took it upon myself toi visit the
doc. The
weather has been fantastic (though a bit cold).

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually
said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

I wouldn't not use it on the basis of my single experience. You should be
cautious after any illness.

I don't think I was any less competent yesterday than I would have been in
the dragged out haze that usually follows an illness like this. I just felt
so good I didn't realize it still wasn't quite with it.

I think the stuff is probably a tremendous advance in medical science and
would certainly try to get it again. I just would adjust my flying plans
accordingly.
--
Roger Long

G.R. Patterson III wrote in message
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Roger Long wrote:

If you use Tamiflu and feel great, take a
few moments for a really thorough self assessment before you fly.

Thanks for the warning. I've been floored since Tuesday by something
like this, and
might well have been suckered if I took it upon myself toi visit the
doc. The
weather has been fantastic (though a bit cold).

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually
said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

Roger Long wrote:
I think the stuff is probably a tremendous advance in medical science and
would certainly try to get it again.

Or, for a fraction of the cost (particularly important since your
doctor did not apparently think you had influenza, although based
on your story I'm not sure why not), you could have taken amantadine,
which has been around for about 40 years and also works well against
influenza A (the strain that is currently causing most of the problems).

--
David Rind

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David Rind wrote:

Roger Long wrote:
I think the stuff is probably a tremendous advance in medical science and
would certainly try to get it again.

Or, for a fraction of the cost (particularly important since your
doctor did not apparently think you had influenza, although based
on your story I'm not sure why not), you could have taken amantadine,
which has been around for about 40 years and also works well against
influenza A (the strain that is currently causing most of the problems).


But is not, formally at least, approved for prophylaxis as Tamiflu is,
but I completely agree

Tamiflu 5 days $70
Amantidine 5 days $1.60

(wholesale of course)

Chris Schmelzer wrote:
But is not, formally at least, approved for prophylaxis as Tamiflu is,
but I completely agree

We were actually talking about using amantadine for treatment (original
poster was ill when he went to his doctor), but at least in the US
amantadine is FDA approved for both prophylaxis and treatment of
influenza A.

--
David Rind