Anti Virals

[DimPrawn]

I've got the opportunity to buy Tamiflu and Relenza anti-viral drugs. They are quite expensive.

Do I shell out £1000 to cover my whole family just in case or take a chance that the NHS will save us?

Discuss.

[EternalOptimist]

I've got the opportunity to buy Tamiflu and Relenza anti-viral drugs. They are quite expensive.

Do I shell out £1000 to cover my whole family just in case or take a chance that the NHS will save us?

Discuss.

There are stockpiles for 50% of the population, a large slice of that will be pre-allocated for front line services and the vulnerable. I wouldnt rely on anyone

[suityou01]

I've got the opportunity to buy Tamiflu and Relenza anti-viral drugs. They are quite expensive.

Do I shell out £1000 to cover my whole family just in case or take a chance that the NHS will save us?

Discuss.

Can I get in on this round? Also can I get a bag of scratchings and a whiskey chaser?

[ThomasSoerensen]

I've got the opportunity to buy Tamiflu and Relenza anti-viral drugs. They are quite expensive.

Do I shell out £1000 to cover my whole family just in case or take a chance that the NHS will save us?

Discuss.

Buy it. Use it on your family. Refill the containers with tap water. Sell the refills on ebay for a profit.

BOOMED!!!

[ferret]

I was paranoid enough to but Tamiflu in the early days of the avian flu media hype. The packets say expiry date of 2006. Will they still work? Cost me about £70 I think...

[Alf W]

I've got the opportunity to buy Tamiflu and Relenza anti-viral drugs. They are quite expensive.

Do I shell out £1000 to cover my whole family just in case or take a chance that the NHS will save us?

Discuss.

It depends. How many of them are 'fee earners'? For those that aren't I'd just put them to bed with a lemsip and a good book.

[BlasterBates]

I heard last night they have a short shelf life.

They recommend no point in buying it, as if you have the symptoms you should pop round to the Dr anyway and he'll prescribe it.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Just read this which might be useful :


The problem with the swine fever scare- as with the avian influenza scare of 2005 - is that people panic and believe there will not be sufficient officially stockpiled anti-viral drugs to go round in the event of a pandemic in Britain.

Therefore they circumvent the legal requirement to get a doctor's prescription for Tamiflu by importing, at grossly inflated prices, the anti-viral drug from overseas pharmacies who offer their wares on-line. Instead of genuine Tamiflu, they could be buying a potentially dangerous adulterated drug, or a useless mixture of talcum powder and water.

Furthermore, Tamiflu has a use-by date, so those who pay hundreds of pounds for a stockpile for their family could be buying a batch that could be out of date in a year's time, and therefore of no use in a future pandemic.

The Government needs to take immediate action on this irrational and wasteful importation.

[DimPrawn]

Just read this which might be useful :


The problem with the swine fever scare- as with the avian influenza scare of 2005 - is that people panic and believe there will not be sufficient officially stockpiled anti-viral drugs to go round in the event of a pandemic in Britain.

Therefore they circumvent the legal requirement to get a doctor's prescription for Tamiflu by importing, at grossly inflated prices, the anti-viral drug from overseas pharmacies who offer their wares on-line. Instead of genuine Tamiflu, they could be buying a potentially dangerous adulterated drug, or a useless mixture of talcum powder and water.

Furthermore, Tamiflu has a use-by date, so those who pay hundreds of pounds for a stockpile for their family could be buying a batch that could be out of date in a year's time, and therefore of no use in a future pandemic.

The Government needs to take immediate action on this irrational and wasteful importation.

Actually you are wrong. It is a UK company that offers an online meeting with a UK doctor that then writes out a prescription.

So you can then buy it from any UK pharmacy.

[TimberWolf]

What shape and colour are Tamiflu tablets? Is Tesco the best place to buy food colouring, talcum power and flour? I also need a mould and franking machine with 'best before 2050' written on it.