From the severe influenza epidemic situation According to information from the Department of Disease Control Ministry of Public Health Data found from 1 January – 9 September 2023, there were 154,829 cases of influenza, the rate of illness was 233.95 per 100,000 people. There were 3 deaths.
Facebook fan page: Union of Medical Practitioners that was previously posted saying
Does your hospital still have oseltamivir left? (Many hospitals are already empty)
“Influenza” continues to be high, while “dengue fever” is slowing down but the morbidity and death rates are high.
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While on the Facebook fan page: medical confederation Central hospital/general hospital Post a message about this situation:
Influenza pandemic, oseltamivir (oseltamivir) is out of stock in many hospitals, waiting to revive DMHT measures, hoping to start the school term with fewer patients.
Then posted a message saying:
Influenza’ outbreak but ‘oseltamivir’ is out of stock. The Pharmacy Council recommends using ‘Favi’ as a substitute.
Oseltamivir (oseltamivir) is considered an antiviral drug and is classified as a ‘specially controlled drug’. Its function is to inhibit the activity of ‘Influenza virus’ type A is the same drug used to treat bird flu and other strains of influenza. It is an oral medicine because the medicine is absorbed well in the digestive tract. Currently in Thailand, this drug is used under 2 names: Tamiflu from Roche Company, priced at approximately 120 baht per tablet, and GPO A-Flu from the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), priced at 25 baht per tablet. Currently, Thailand At least 10 million tablets have been reserved and are currently in short supply in many hospitals due to the high number of people infected with influenza.
For treatment, patients must take this medicine for 5 days in a row, 2 tablets per day, for a total of 10 tablets, it will be considered that they have received the complete dose according to treatment. The sickness will disappear. But it’s too late, guys. Don’t just run out and buy this medicine to take yourself. Because receiving this medicine must be under the supervision of a doctor only. Not to eat blindly Side effects such as nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, headache, insomnia, and diarrhea may occur.
In this case, Facebook users came to express their opinions widely.
Thank you for additional information from: Thai Health Promotion Foundation
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2023-09-28 04:57:00
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