This Flu Season, Don't Forget About Tamiflu With a less effective vaccine, antiviral drug is a good tool to fight flu

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/70474?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-01-13&eun=g721819d0r&pos=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-01-13&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days Despite recent controversies about its effectiveness, clinicians should not forget about using the antiviral, oseltamivir (Tamiflu), to help shorten the course of influenza among patients during the coming flu season. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Arnold Monto, MD, of the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, discusses how antivirals may be more important than ever this flu season -- both in adult and pediatric populations -- with an influenza vaccine that may not be as effective. Following is a transcript of his remarks: