Posted by bleauberry on August 24, 2009, at 19:14:04
In reply to Re: amantadine helped me in the past ... but psychosis » bleauberry, posted by yxibow on August 23, 2009, at 23:53:16
> Good grief.
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> Amantadine and rimantadine have been so overused that a number of flu strains are RESISTANT to it.We're not talking flu here. Jereon's case is in a slightly different arena, no?
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> Conserving antivirals and developing new vaccines and chasing the rainbows by developing new antivirals are the only ways to continue to protect people.People are suffering NOW. If it were you, you wouldn't want someone else to say conserve this med that might help you or wait 10 years for a new one.
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> Annual flu shots are one of the best ways to avoid resistance, and I'm not going to listen to lectures on thiomersal.You can have my share of thiomersal, eh-hem, excuse me, mercury. Flu shots are available without thiomersal if you ask, by the way. If someone wants a voluntary dose of mercury, I'm not going to lecture that person. Their choice.
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> Guillain-Barré, yes it is a problem, but at least as many people die of the flu as car incidents in the US.I don't understand that logic. Let the sick suffer because just as many die in other ways?
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> -- JayWishing you a smooth day.
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