Based on the cost–effectiveness threshold of £30,000 or $40,000 per QALY, antiviral therapies can be recommended for influenza treatment and post-exposure prevention in high-risk patients ...

Four antiviral drugs are available for the prevention and treatment of influenza infections: oseltamivir, zanamivir, rimantadine and amantadine. Oseltamivir and zanamivir are neuraminidase ...

Live Science spoke with two experts to find out. The main way to reduce the duration of a flu infection is to take antiviral medications, meaning drugs specifically designed to combat viral ...

Antibiotics won't help in these cases, but there are antiviral medications that can help in certain situations. Let's start with the flu. We are prescribing antiviral medications for the flu ...

Two oral antiviral medications, amantadine (a-MAN-ta-deen) and rimantadine (rah-MAN-ta-deen), can prevent influenza A infection as well as reduce the duration and severity of the infection in ...

Despite important successes, there are no treatments for many common viruses, and antiviral drug resistance is a problem as well. Hospitalized parainfluenza and influenza infections in particular ...

The first batch of antiviral drugs to combat Influenza A (H1N1) virus, which is responsible for the swine flu pandemic around the world, has been developed by a Shanghai firm. The Shanghai ...

HHMI researchers identify a rare genetic mutation that tamps down immune response to influenza. Rare genetic mutations that prevent infected cells from boosting the production of antiviral molecules ...

A "dual mutant" strain of H1N1 influenza could pose a threat in the US, warns the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The two strains, I223V and S247N, could evade antiviral drugs ...

Public health officials are recommending wider testing and more aggressive use of flu antiviral medicine for workers who might be exposed to bird flu at poultry and dairy farms. The Centers for ...