People should not arbitrarily buy or use Tamiflu when they have influenza A.

Faced with the increasing number of flu cases, many people have gone to pharmacies to buy Tamiflu 75mg to treat and prevent flu. However, buying and using drugs without a doctor's prescription will cause many health problems, leading to drug resistance...

Doctors and nurses at Me Linh General Hospital take care of children with influenza A in Hanoi .

According to Pharmacist Specialist II, Ngo Thuy Linh, Head of Pharmacy Department, Me Linh General Hospital (Hanoi Department of Health ), many parents are currently too worried about the influenza A epidemic so they arbitrarily give their children antiviral drugs, which can lead to drug resistance and serious complications.

Notably, Tamiflu 75mg is an antiviral drug containing the main active ingredient oseltamivir used to treat and prevent influenza. must be used as prescribed by a doctor and should be monitored by a treatment drug in a dose proportional to the patient's body weight and age. Adults and children must take the drug in different doses as well as at different times of use.

Therefore, people should not buy Tamiflu on their own. If used without prescription, dosage and monitoring by a doctor, the patient may develop drug resistance. When there are signs of flu, it is necessary to go to a medical facility for examination and flu testing. Depending on the case, doctors may prescribe home treatment or hospitalization.

In particular, people do not necessarily have to buy and take Tamiflu themselves as a precaution and absolutely do not share other people's prescriptions. Especially for children, pregnant women, and people with underlying diseases, they must be especially careful when using the drug, do not buy it themselves, do not increase the dose or stop taking the drug in the middle.

Faced with the risk of infectious disease outbreaks, especially influenza A in the area, Me Linh General Hospital has organized training courses to update knowledge about influenza and infectious diseases not only for doctors and nurses working at the hospital, but also with the participation of medical staff from commune health stations and school health stations in the area.

Through these training courses, doctors and nurses are updated with practical contents such as early detection of cases, response to situations, infection control procedures, treatment regimens, especially improving the capacity to handle influenza cases in the context of complicated epidemic developments. At the same time, ensuring the availability of safe and effective treatment conditions for patients, thereby contributing to improving the quality of medical examination and treatment and increasing people's trust in the grassroots health system, Pharmacist Specialist II Ngo Thuy Linh added.

To proactively prevent and combat influenza A and other infectious diseases, the Hanoi health sector recommends that people in Hanoi proactively get vaccinated against influenza, which is the most effective measure to help reduce the risk of disease and reduce the severity of infection; practice a healthy lifestyle, increase physical activity, improve health to improve resistance, and eat a balanced diet with adequate nutrition.

At the same time, wear a mask when going to crowded places and on public transport; wash your hands regularly with soap and clean water or hand sanitizer; limit contact with people with flu or suspected cases when not necessary. In particular, when having symptoms of cough, fever, runny nose, headache, fatigue... people should not arbitrarily test or buy medicine to treat at home but should go to a medical facility for timely consultation, examination and treatment.

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