Oseltamivir, sold under the brand name Tamiflu, is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent influenza A and influenza B (flu). More
Oseltamivir, sold under the brand name Tamiflu, is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent influenza A and influenza B (flu).
Oseltamivir-an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent flu (influenza A and influenza B).
Oseltamivir; Tamvir; Tamiflu; Tamiflu-Free
Antiflu, Fluvir
Ethyl (3R,4R,5S)-5-amino-4-acetamido-3-(pentan-3-yloxy)cyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxylate
Oseltamivir is an antiviral drug, a neuraminidase inhibitor used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both influenza A and influenza B. Oseltamivir is a prodrug (usually administered as phosphate), it is hydrolysed hepatically to the active metabolite, the free carboxylate of oseltamivir (GS4071). Like zanamivir, oseltamivir acts as a transition-state analogue inhibitor of influenza neuraminidase. O The proposed mechanism of action of oseltamivir is inhibition of influenza virus neuraminidase with the possibility of alteration of virus particle aggregation and release.
75 mg twice daily for 5 days.
Prescribed for the prevention and treatment of flu.
Allergic reactions, fever, chill, abdominal pain, nausea, cough, bronchitis.
Do not use Oseltamivir if nasal flu vaccines are used within the past two weeks.
This drug is contraindicated in patients with heart disease, renal disease, lung disease, brain disorders including edema and other underlying illness.
Store at 20-25°C.
312.4045
C16H28N2O4
196618-13-0
Not advisable for children below 1 year.
