If the baby has the flu, what problems should I pay attention to when taking oseltamivir treatment?

1. Timing of taking medicine: The sooner you take the medicine after suffering from the flu, the better, and it should be used within 48 hours of illness. 2. It can prevent influenza but cannot replace vaccines.

3. Oseltamivir only has an inhibitory effect on influenza virus. It is not effective against the common cold and bacteria caused by other common viruses.

First of all, parents should closely monitor their child's condition and take medication or seek medical attention if necessary. When the child is sick, parents should not immediately give the child medicine, first of all, more observation, if it is a common cold, the body temperature does not exceed the degree, the child's mental state is good, you can not take medicine first, do a good job of nursing, give the child more water, light diet.

Second, don't believe in home remedies. Now there will be some home remedies on the Internet that lack scientific basis, parents must not give their children easy to try, children are young, easy to develop allergies and even life-threatening.

Pay attention to whether there is gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea and vomiting, stomach pain, nosebleeds, cough, especially like to sleep during this period, if these problems occur, go to the hospital in time**.

Point 1, what you need to pay attention to is not to eat too much, which will cause some ***, point 2, what you should do is to eat according to the doctor's advice when you eat, that is, don't eat indiscriminately, point 3, is how much is the amount of medicine, you should eat according to the doctor's instructions.

Oseltamivir is mainly used for ** and the prevention of influenza A and B viruses, when used to prevent influenza, mainly after close contact with influenza patients, it is recommended to start using it within 2 days, generally the sooner it is used, the better the effect, and the course of treatment is generally about 7 days. If it is in the outbreak season of influenza, you can also take oseltamivir to prevent influenza by mouth, and generally take oral administration for 5 days for 1 course of treatment. In patients with hypohepatic and renal function, the dose of oseltamivir should be halved when preventing influenza.

In the flu outbreak season, in addition to oral oseltamivir to prevent influenza, we must do a good job of personal protection and do not go to places with dense amounts to avoid cross-infection. It is best to wear a mask when going out, wash your hands frequently, ventilate your home frequently, maintain a good mood, don't overwork, don't stay up late, it may lead to a decrease in immunity and easy to be infected by influenza virus. In normal times, it is necessary to increase physical exercise appropriately to improve personal resistance and disease resistance.

Xie Yajun, Department of Pharmacy, Strategic Support Force Characteristic Medical Center (formerly 306 Hospital).

Brand Quality Management Office.

It is the winter flu outbreak and epidemic season. The prevalence and mortality rate of influenza are increasing year by year, and the antiviral drug oseltamivir is hard to find, and children even use oseltamivir for more than 200 yuan a box on the Internet. So is there really no choice but oseltamivir in the fight against the influenza virus?

There are two main types of anti-influenza virus drugs:

The first class is neuraminidase inhibitors, including oseltamivir, zanamivir, and peramivir. They are effective against both influenza A and B. So why is oseltamivir still used more now, which is also famous"Duffy"This?

First of all, take a look at the dosage forms of these drugs, zanamivir has injection and inhalation powder mist, peramivir has injection, and only oseltamivir is a capsule, which can be taken orally directly, which is very convenient. The second reason is that zanamivir injections can neither improve the onset time of action nor significantly reduce adverse effects compared with oral oseltamivir. So in contrast, oral oseltamivir is a drug that is both convenient and safe and effective.

Oseltamivir is suitable for children over 3 months old, children who cannot swallow capsules can choose oseltamivir phosphate granules, and if there is no case, you can also open the Tamiflu capsules, but the taste is very bitter, you can use no more than 1 spoonful of warm water or brown sugar water to mix evenly.

The second category is ion channel M2 blockers, including amantadine and amantadine, which we commonly use"Crack capsules"It contains amantadine. In contrast to oseltamivir, these antivirals are only effective against influenza A viruses. However, influenza A viruses are now resistant to these antivirals, so their use is not recommended.

In addition, there is an antiviral drug called ribavirin, which is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug that can inhibit various viruses including influenza viruses and was once the first-line drug for influenza. However, because it was later found to have reproductive toxicity and hemolytic anemia, it is now not recommended for influenza patients, especially children and pregnant women. It can be seen that oseltamivir is indeed one of the few drugs that can fight the influenza virus.

Because oseltamivir is one of the few drugs that can fight the flu, we should protect it and not abuse it to avoid the influenza virus becoming resistant to it. Oseltamivir can only fight the flu and is not effective against colds caused by other viruses, so do not use oseltamivir for the common cold. Do not use oseltamivir to prevent influenza unless you are at high risk of influenza such as children, the elderly, or people with weakened immune systems who have had close contact with someone with influenza.

The first choice for preventing influenza is influenza vaccination, not oseltamivir.

At present, the main influenza viruses that infect humans are A(H1N1), A(H3N2) and influenza B. Throat swab testing of influenza virus nucleic acid confirms the diagnosis of influenza virus and can distinguish between virus type and subtype. Antiviral drugs are more effective when given within 48 hours of onset, and the course of treatment is 5 days.

If you are a patient with severe flu or a high-risk group, you can take antiviral drugs first, and you do not have to wait for the throat swab test results to come out.