It is sometimes given to people who will be in close contact to those with the virus, like parents caring for sick children. Although it will not prevent you from getting the virus, it will prevent it from reproducing. So, even though the virus may be in your system, you will be unlikely to have any symptoms or severe symptoms before your body can get rid it.
Usually Tamiflu and other anti-viral medicines are given after you are first infected to keep you from getting as sick (since the virus won't be able to replicate) and it will help you get over it quicker.
Swine flu is a flu very similar to the regular flu. Tamiflu is a medicine that you take when you have swine flu or other types of influenza.
You would not use an antibiotic to stop yourself from getting a disease, you use a vaccination, and yes, there is a vaccination for swine flu.
Tamiflu
The swine flu shot is used to prevent the flu, not to treat the flu if you already have it. To treat the flu, antiviral medications are more likely to be prescribed, such as Tamiflu.
Swine flu is, like all strains of influenza and the common cold, viral. The main treatment for swine flu is the antiviral drug Tamiflu.
Tamiflu or you could get a vaccine
take tamiflu for 5 days then you should feel fine
They have created a drug called tamiflu which helps treat swineflu.
No. Tamiflu is only for those with the Swine Flu. Taking it as a preventative could cause mutation of the virus....making it immune to Tamiflu. If you start to have flu-like symptoms, I recommend you go see your physician.
By stockpiling up lots and lots of Tamiflu
I don't think your able to until the medication course has finished and you are fully better.
Tamiflu, but in Denmark swine flu has shown resistance to this.