30-01-2020 12:40 via ctvnews.ca

Not being prescribed antiviral medications for the flu? There's a simple explanation

If you’ve ever come down with a case of the flu, you know it can be a nasty virus. There are medications to treat it, however. Prescription antiviral medications come in pill or liquid form with the most popular being oseltamivir, more commonly known as Tamiflu. Dr. Sohail Gandhi, the president of the Ontario Medical Association, said these drugs aren’t typically prescribed to flu patients, however, because they just don’t work that well for the general population. “The a
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