http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/07/23/h1n1-hits-home-im-on-tamiflu/ A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:57:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/07/23/h1n1-hits-home-im-on-tamiflu/comment-page-1/#comment-40298 Give Tamiflu Prophylactically Or Not? When Personal & National Preparedness Can Conflict Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:24:47 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=3590#comment-40298 [...] As I mentioned in a post earlier this week, “H1N1 Hits Home, I’m On Tamiflu,” I (along with my oncologist) had to decide a course of action after someone in my family was diagnosed with H1N1. Because I am recovering from Leukemia and have just finished chemotherapy, she recommended that I take Tamiflu (which follows the CDC’s guidance for people with underlying illnesses). But giving the antiviral to healthy kids this summer raises a more difficult issue, particularly since the camps have found it to be a successful way of stopping the flu’s spread. In his article, which covers the press briefing given yesterday by Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, McNeil writes: Giving the drug to healthy people wastes the world’s limited supplies of Tamiflu and increases the chances of drug-resistant strains developing, Dr. Schuchat said, and the disease centers are working with camp associations and local health departments to discourage the practice. Dozens of camps have had swine flu outbreaks this summer. Some closed, others set up infirmaries, and some have had camp doctors write Tamiflu prescriptions or asked parents to send children with the drug. [...] [...] As I mentioned in a post earlier this week, “H1N1 Hits Home, I’m On Tamiflu,” I (along with my oncologist) had to decide a course of action after someone in my family was diagnosed with H1N1. Because I am recovering from Leukemia and have just finished chemotherapy, she recommended that I take Tamiflu (which follows the CDC’s guidance for people with underlying illnesses). But giving the antiviral to healthy kids this summer raises a more difficult issue, particularly since the camps have found it to be a successful way of stopping the flu’s spread. In his article, which covers the press briefing given yesterday by Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, McNeil writes: Giving the drug to healthy people wastes the world’s limited supplies of Tamiflu and increases the chances of drug-resistant strains developing, Dr. Schuchat said, and the disease centers are working with camp associations and local health departments to discourage the practice. Dozens of camps have had swine flu outbreaks this summer. Some closed, others set up infirmaries, and some have had camp doctors write Tamiflu prescriptions or asked parents to send children with the drug. [...]

]]> http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/07/23/h1n1-hits-home-im-on-tamiflu/comment-page-1/#comment-40195 Katie Danziger Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:31:34 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=3590#comment-40195 I'm sorry to hear that H1N1 hit your house, but I have heard that should it mutate, those who have had it are in better shape. I’m sorry to hear that H1N1 hit your house, but I have heard that should it mutate, those who have had it are in better shape.

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