Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Vietnam: Tamiflu is still the drug treatment of influenza A/H1N1 effective

This is confirmed by a Department Director Department of Management, the Ministry of Health - Mr. Truong Quoc Cuong - in writing the number 875 was issued today, 27 / 7.

According to Department of Pharmacy Management, said the report by the World Health (WHO), the world, only with Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan found the resistance to the drug Tamiflu. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, according to a report by the Institute of infections and tropical Country, it is still no clinical evidence specific for influenza A/H1N1 virus shows drug resistance to Tamiflu.

However, in some cases certain, the treatment with Tamiflu can do a longer immunity and treatment of the virus except for the body.
So far, WHO and the medicines management Europe (EMEA), the management of food and medicines USA (FDA) has not notified a change is the use of Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) in the exposed control therapy for patients with influenza A/H1N1.

Therefore, Department of Management, the Ministry of Health requesting the function, the treatment, the hospital treating influenza A/H1N1 patients need extensive propaganda, dissemination of more effective Results of Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) in treatment of patients with influenza A/H1N1.

Department of Management recommended all information related to this is not propaganda for the people not get the confirmation of state management on health.

In addition, the treatment and people were influenza A/H1N1 must be strictly the instructions of the BS using Tamilu to avoid the situation occurring drug resistance is not necessary.

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