Reply #2: Can over use of Tamiflu make the flu resistant to it? [View All]

[Silverhair]

Tamiflu has to be taken within a narrow time window after exposure. It works by making it difficult for a flu virus to attach itself to a cell in your lungs. Once the flu is already widespread in your body, it is too late for Tamiflu.

Can flu mutate to a resistant form for Tamiflu?

I have read that it is already becoming resistant to two other flu medicines that are being used in China. The Chinese have been giving the meds to their chickens to try to eliminate the bird flu and all that has happened is that the bird flu has developed immunity to the two meds.