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Best Advice on Flu Recovery: Stay Home, Follow Doctor’s Orders, Says Antiviral Expert
People infected with H1N1 swine flu need to follow their doctor’s orders -- both in regard to medication recommendations and in how to take steps to avoid spreading the virus, says a noted University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) antiviral researcher who oversees all adult studies conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group.
That may mean getting a prescription for one of the antiviral drugs, Tamiflu® or Relenza®, soon after flu symptoms appear, and avoiding doctors’ waiting areas and hospital emergency departments, where H1N1 could cause more illness, says John Gnann Jr., M.D.