Antiviral drugs

Antiviral drugs are medicines (pills, liquids or medications hirup) that have activity against flu viruses, including influenza virus A (H1N1), which is now being booming. This medicine can be used for both treatment and prevention of infection of influenza virus A (H1N1). But, of course, the drug should be based on the prescription. And please keep in mind that influenza antiviral medications is only susceptible to influenza virus, does not give effect to the virus, although other symptoms that cause flu-like.
There are at least 4 influenza antiviral drugs that can be used, namely oseltamivir, zanamivir, amantadine and rimantadine. Of the four drugs that, based on laboratory testing only oseltamivir and zanamivir appears that can be used to treat influenza A (H1N1), which comes from Mexico and North America, because the influenza virus A (H1N1) appeared sensitive to both. Meanwhile the alias resistant virus resistant to amantadine and rimantadine.

Benefits of Antiviral Drugs Medicine .
If you fell ill flu, antiviral drugs could make the disease is reduced and you make you feel better more quickly. This drug also prevent influenza complications, the more severe. Influenza antiviral medications will be more evident savor if consumed immediately after the attack of disease (within 2 days), but treatment should continue after 48 hours after flu symptoms appear, especially for patients treated in the hospital or those at risk exposed to high influenza-related complications.

Prevention
Influenza antiviral drugs can also be given to prevent influenza to people who do not hurt, but it has been or may be close to people who fell ill with influenza A (H1N1), for example, family or nurse. When used for prevention of flu, antiviral drugs have the effectiveness of about 70 - 90%. The length of time consuming depending on the specific condition.

Antiviral drugs in influenza the market
In the outbreaks of influenza A (H1N1), which is feared to become pandemic, the health authority has set up various country stock of antiviral influenza medications. Medication drug currently can be found in Rumahsakit rumahsakit or health. In area distributed in Indonesia for free utntuk prevention.
This drug is approved by CDC United States to treat and prevent the infection of influenza virus A and influenza B in people aged one year or more. This medication is also approved to treat influenza virus infection of influenza A and B in people aged 7 years or more, whereas when used for prevention can be given to people aged 5 years or more.
Influenza antiviral drugs are very likely to develop influenza because the virus is very easy mutation establish a new influenza virus variants.