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Stacy, if you've been sick for three weeks, putting you on Tamiflu is useless. You have to take it in the first 48 hours.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Nov 13 '09, 17:09

that said, I hope you feel better quick, and good luck with the interview.

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Thank Doctors for prescribing to shut up instead of prescribing to treat. -- nm - TWuG Nov 13, 17:10 14
- Prescribing to shut up, or to ease irrational fears, has some use. But not necessarily with $100 drugs. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 17:16 9
  - No, it doesn't. It's dishonest and harmful. In some cases causing drugs to lose their efficacy. -- nm - TWuG Nov 13, 17:20 6
    - Placebo treatments have use. They aren't harmful. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 17:23 4
      - antivirals aren't placebos. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 17:24 3
        
        at the risk of sounding childish, "no duh". -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 17:24 2
        
        well, you started out fingering the price of the drug. That's a factor, but creating resistance is my big peeve. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 17:25 1
        
        ok, there are multiple reasons. we agree with each others. high five and chest bump. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 17:26
    - and when you have only two drugs in your arsenal, it's really damn dangerous. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 17:22
  - well, there's a danger when overprescribing certain drugs leads to creating superbugs. Seasonal flu is already tamiflu resistant. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 17:19 1
    - not that drug then. a new drug, called Superkillaflu, made of Tylenol and Smarties. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 17:23
- do you know how much that shit costs the insurance companies? -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 17:11 3
  - Add: Prescribing to pad the bill instead of prescribing to treat. -- nm - TWuG Nov 13, 17:13 2
    - well, I don't think the doc sees a penny of that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 17:16 1
      - not directly. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 17:16
But her doctor! -- nm - Reagen Nov 13, 17:10 1 1
- and her nephew. I know. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 17:11

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Stacy, if you've been sick for three weeks, putting you on Tamiflu is useless. You have to take it in the first 48 hours.

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