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Pharmacists Compounding Tamiflu For Children During Shortage

                   
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Nov 3, 2009
 
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Updated Tuesday, November 3, 2009 ; 03:34 PM With a shortage of the children's syrup form of Tamiflu, some pharmacist's are compounding their own mixtures to keep up with demand. Story by Matthew Smith BECKLEY -- With the H1N1... [read full story]                    

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Solving the low children’s supply

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Alert: Two Overdoses of Tamiflu in Pediatric Patients in Pennsylvania

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Solving the low children’s supply

sunherald.com
Nov 5, 2009
 

Tamiflu, the antiviral drug that shortens and lessens bouts of flu, is in the news again after U.S. Centers for Disease Control announced it is releasing the last of the liquid Tamiflu from its medication stockpile.

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Tamiflu: Q&A

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Nov 4, 2009
 

Link: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm188859.htm Tamiflu: Consumer Questions and Answers Q. What is Tamiflu and what is it approved for? A. Tamiflu (oseltamivir...

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Dutch report first patient resistant to Tamiflu drug

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Nov 4, 2009
 

Amsterdam - Dutch health authorities have recorded a first case of a swine flu-infected patient resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. The Royal Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM said the patient had been...

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Pharmacists Compounding Tamiflu For Children During Shortage

statejournal.com
Nov 3, 2009
 

Updated Tuesday, November 3, 2009 ; 03:34 PM With a shortage of the children's syrup form of Tamiflu, some pharmacist's are compounding their own mixtures to keep up with demand. Story by Matthew Smith BECKLEY -- With the H1N1...

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Two Overdoses Of Tamiflu In Pediatric Patients In Pennsylvania

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Nov 3, 2009
 

Two pediatric patients in Pennsylvania hospitals received overdoses of the drug Tamiflu to treat their flu symptoms because of unawareness among staff as to the concentration of the drug given in an alternative liquid form.

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CDC Instructions for Compounding Liquid Formulations of 75 mg Tamiflu®

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Nov 3, 2009
 

As a reminder to pharmacists, the CDC has a website that contains much information about the H1N1 pandemic. For example, instructions for compounding liquid formulations of 75 mg Tamiflu® can be found at...

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Shortage of Tamiflu in liquid form contributes to dosage errors

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Nov 2, 2009
 

Two pediatric patients in Pennsylvania hospitals received overdoses of the drug Tamiflu to treat their flu symptoms because of unawareness among staff as to the concentration of the drug given in an alternative liquid form....

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Alert: Two Overdoses of Tamiflu in Pediatric Patients in Pennsylvania

prnewswire.com
Nov 2, 2009
 

A shortage of Tamiflu in liquid form has contributed to some dosage errors due to staff's unawareness of the higher concentration in the contents of the Tamiflu pill form when developing their own liquid version of the drug

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