The Best Way to Beat the Flu is an article about the flu virus and measures you can take to try and prevent or treat an outbreak. The article suggests getting a flu shot to help reduce your chances of getting the flu, or to minimize the severity outbreak. It mentions that getting the shot is not a sure way to prevent the flu because it only guards against three strains chosen to be the most likely to cause an epidemic for that year. Another method mentioned is taking older medications like Flumadine and Symmetrel, which protect only against influenza A and have side effects such as dizziness, insomnia, and confusion. The newest but not yet approved way, is to take newer flu drugs like Tamiflu and Relenza to decrease you chances by half of coming down with flu after exposure. Tamiflu and Relenza were approved by the FDA last year to be used by adults who had the flu virus to shorten and
The article also lacked information containing the side effects of some of the medications. They do tell you the side effects of the older flu drugs, Flumadine and Symmetrel, but they don't really suggest using them, they only mention that they are out there. The medications they do recommend like the flu shot, Relenza, and Tamiflu, lack information on the side effects. The only negative factor they mention about the flu shot is that production is sometimes delayed, and the three stains they contain aren't always the ones that are a problem the year they are administered. For Relenza and Tamiflu, they say that there are minor side effects but don't elaborate on what those are besides airway irritation caused by the method of ingestion of Relenza. They mention the hospitalization and/or death in a few cases of people who took the drugs and had a bacterial infection instead of the flu, bu
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