Public The cure for the flu is here

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Frogger

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...ug-one-pill-may-stop-the-flu-in-just-one-day/

On Friday, Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi announced that the flu medication that they have developed, Xofluza otherwise known as baloxavir marboxil (which sounds a bit like a Klingon General), has been approved to be manufactured and sold in Japan.
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Xofluza could become an essential drug if it is as effective as the study says. Xofluza will only be approved for use in Japan initially. Global rights have been acquired by Roche.
 
It looks like by "stop the flu in one day" they mean that an infected person will stop shedding the virus in one day.
The study found that baloxavir marboxil (or Xofluza) stopped an infected person from shedding flu virus earlier (median 24 hours) than oseltamivir (median 72 hours). Those taking baloxavir marboxil also had lower measured amounts of viruses than those taking oseltamivir throughout the first 3 days of the infection. Baloxavir marboxil also seemed to shorten the duration of flu symptoms (median 53.7 hours compared to a median of 80.2 hours for those taking placebo). Since symptoms are largely your body's reaction to the flu virus, you can begin shedding virus before you develop symptoms, and symptoms can persist even when you are no longer shedding the virus.
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So, it cuts the usual duration of flu symptoms by about 1/3. It seems like it might cut the duration of symptoms to a single day if you could somehow take it as soon as you became infected - but how can you know that?
Still, shortening the period that the patient is contagious might decrease the spread of the flu somewhat - though probably most of the passing of the virus happens before the onset of symptoms.
 
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Think of what Xofluza could do for people that are venerable to flu complications. I have always stayed hidden away during the flu season. I am afraid of the possible complications from getting a flu shot, and even more afraid of actually coming down with the flu. PwME likely stand the chance of getting more sick than the general population.

http://www.meassociation.org.uk/201...about-the-201718-flu-vaccine-04-october-2017/
 
Skycloud said:
I was wondering about this - something that mitigated flu for the vulnerable could save lives.
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So long as the medication did not itself provoke issues for PwME. I wonder if the normal drug testing accounts for people with special vulnerabilities?
 
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