Oseltamivir or zanamivir

References

Citations

  1. Cooper NJ, et al. (2003). Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in treatment and prevention of influenza A and B: Systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. BMJ, 326(7401): 1235.

  2. Treanor JT, et al. (2000). Efficacy and safety of the oral neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir in treating acute influenza. JAMA, 283(8): 1016–1024.

  3. Hayden FG, et al. (2000). Inhaled zanamivir for the prevention of influenza in families. New England Journal of Medicine, 343(18): 1282–1289.

  4. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2006). Safety Alert: Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate). FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program. Available online: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2006/safety06.htm#tamiflu.



Author: Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNCLast Updated: September 29, 2006
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease

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