flu drug

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) oral suspension will be marketed in a new 6 mg/mL concentration to reduce prescribing and dosing errors, the FDA announced Monday.

Just 12% of patients who got anti-flu drugs using the swine flu hotline and website actually had the virus, figures suggest.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA warned consumers Thursday to be alert for websites selling a fake "generic" version of the flu drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), which may be dangerous to patients allergic to penicillin.

LONDON (AP) -- British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths....

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA said today that GlaxoSmithKline has reported the death of an influenza patient treated with nebulized Relenza (zanamivir).

The CDC and some physicians are warning pharmacies and parents about potentially confusing dosage information distributed with the flu drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu).

ATLANTA (AP) -- Some pharmacists are seeing a shortage of the children's version of the flu drug Tamiflu....

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- In a head-to-head trial, an investigational drug to combat influenza was equivalent to oseltamivir (Tamiflu), a researcher said here.

LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people - a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely....

ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials say all children at summer camp shouldn't be given the flu drug Tamiflu to prevent the virus....