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Prevention and Treatment of Influenza A and B Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 38 discusses the prevention and treatment of influenza A and B. Conclusions: Prevention: Vaccination in cohort studies lowered rates of hospitalization, serious morbidity and mortality in patients over 60. Amantadine is a second-line preventive agent. Treatment: Antiviral treatment at the onset of symptoms shows that amantadine reduces fever by one day and oseltamivir and zanamivir reduce duration of flu symptoms by 0.8 – 0.9 day. RCTs are needed to determine whether any prevention or treatment of influenza reduces complications leading to hospitalization or mortality.

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Title
Prevention and Treatment of Influenza A and B
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 38
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2000-12
Description
Therapeutics Letter 38 discusses the prevention and treatment of influenza A and B. Conclusions: Prevention: Vaccination in cohort studies lowered rates of hospitalization, serious morbidity and mortality in patients over 60. Amantadine is a second-line preventive agent. Treatment: Antiviral treatment at the onset of symptoms shows that amantadine reduces fever by one day and oseltamivir and zanamivir reduce duration of flu symptoms by 0.8 – 0.9 day. RCTs are needed to determine whether any prevention or treatment of influenza reduces complications leading to hospitalization or mortality.
Subject
Amantadine; Antiviral Agents; Influenza, Human; Oseltamivir; Vaccination; Zanamivir
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433617
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85027
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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