If you want to shorten the duration of flu or prevent flu then you may use antiviral medicine. You can find here some recommendations.
Antiviral medicine prevent flu viruses to reproduce. These drugs can help to treat flu symptoms or prevent flu. When you feel flu symptoms take the medicine as soon as possible, so the illness duration will be 1-2 days less.
If the members of your family or people you are in contact have flu symptoms then you may take antiviral drugs to prevent flu. Especially if you have chronic illness. But the most effective prevention is flu shot.
Antiviral drugs for prevention and treatment of flu.
Effective antiviral drugs are Tamiflu and Relenza. Relenza is inhalation medicine and helps to treat and prevent flu in people 5 years and older. Tamiflu is a pill, it has the same effect and used for people of 1 year and older. These antiviral drugs work best if taken right after your flu symptoms start.
Their side effects: if you have lung disease, like asthma, then you shouldn't take Relenza; side effects of Tamiflu are diarrhea and vomiting.
Remember that antiviral medicines are most effective within the first 48 hours when you get flu symptoms. You have to contact your doctor immediately.
Here are some recommendations that may help to ease flu symptoms: drink a lot of water, try to stay in bed or have a lot of rest, children shouldn't take aspirin, since it may cause Reye's syndrome, take acetaminophen to ease fever, children may take Tylenol or ibuprofen.
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