When we talk about Tamiflu and zanamivir, one is not really better than the other. They are simply different medications. It is possible that we could find Tamiflu resistant swine influenza ...

With flu cases surging, Tamiflu remains a leading antiviral treatment. Learn who benefits most, how it works, and its role in managing symptoms.

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The U.S. is seeing a severe flu season this year, with the CDC estimating at least 24 million cases and 13,000 deaths so far.Antiviral medications such as Tamiflu can ...

Tamiflu is not the same as the flu shot; the flu shot is a vaccine whereas Tamiflu is taken when you actually come down with the flu. According to ABC News, ...

The researchers from Oxford University studied four separate randomized trials (two with Tamiflu and two with Relenza) that treated 1,766 children with the flu and three trials of post-exposure ...

So far, the antiviral drug Tamiflu still works to fight flu viruses -- but experts warn that could change if Tamiflu becomes too widely available, and viruses develop strains resistant to the drug.

When is it too late to take Tamiflu? The gold standard is to start Tamiflu within two days of symptom onset; if you’ve been sick longer than that, your doctor probably won’t prescribe it for ...

Given the choice between Tamiflu when you get sick, or a flu shot to prevent sickness in the first place, “I would take the influenza vaccine 100 times out of 100,” Dr. O’Leary said.