Cold & Flu: Medications

  • Decongestants for sinusitis

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    08/15/08, Healthwise

    Decongestants reduce swelling of the mucous membrane in the nose and sinuses associated with sinusitis by constricting blood vessels and reducing the blood supply to nasal mucous membranes. This reduces nasal congestion, stuffines

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  • Oseltamivir or zanamivir

    Article
    07/31/08, Healthwise

    Zanamivir and oseltamivir are medicines known as neuraminidase inhibitors. They help prevent influenza A and influenza B viruses from multiplying in the body by interfering with the production and release of virus from cells that line the

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  • Amantadine or rimantadine for influenza (flu)

    Article
    07/31/08, Healthwise

    These antiviral medicines prevent the spread of type A influenza by interfering with the production of the virus inside the body. They do not treat or protect you against influenza B.

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  • Influenza - Medications

    Article
    07/31/08, Healthwise

    Some antiviral medicines reduce the severity and shorten the duration of influenza (flu) symptoms by 1 or 1½ days if given within 48 hours of the first symptoms.2 These medicines are not intended to substitute for getting a flu immuni

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