Flu Viruses Becoming Resistant to Flu Drugs

Posted by Dr. Mercola | Posted in Health | Posted on 04-03-2009

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pFlu viruses are becoming more resistant to the drug Tamiflu, a fact that has sown deep concern among doctors. /p p class="inside-copy"The first in-depth analysis of Tamiflu resistance during last year's flu season found that about 12 percent of people with one of the three strains that caused the most illness, influenza A/H1N1, were infected with resistant viruses. However, only one in five of last year's patients caught the strain./p p class="inside-copy"This year, on the other hand, Tamiflu resistance in that class of viruses has reached almost 100 percent. This has provoked immediate concern among those in charge of flu outbreak preparedness./pimg src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=181459" width="1" height="1"

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