Parvo Treatment
Quote: OSELTAMIVIR (TAMIFLU) Tamiflu is a medication used in the treatment of the flu in humans. It has recently received attention in the treatment of canine parvovirus infection. It acts by preventing the spread of the virus within the infected dog's body and is felt by many to represent the biggest breakthrough in parvovirus treatment. |
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| Geez! I thought you were going to say that Bosley or Dixie had parvo. Thank you for the cardiac workout!
Cool info anyway! |
| No, but it is an interesting concept. I wonder if it really works?? It would be great if it did! |
| I've read a few articles on it, and while a few vets who have tried it have had some success there have been no studies on it yet.
The key thing I think is that most articles about tamiflu affect only the influenza virus. It is a Neuraminidase inhibitor. The influenza virus needs Neuraminidase to replicate itself and spread. Parvovirus does not. They state that they think it doesn't work on parvo the same way, they think it helps not by stopping the parvo virus, but by reducing other bacteria in the dogs system, therefore making it easier to fight off parvo. It's an interesting concept, but I'm intrigued because viruses and bacteria are so different, I can't see how a drug used to target virus cells would work on bacterial cells. It will be interesting to see if studies are done and what the findings are. |
| Another point that crosses my mind is that if Tamiflu is proven to help dogs survive parvo, will governments allow it to be used for that purpose?
With the threat of bird flu, or some other "mega flu" that the world seems to be expecting, governments have been stocking up on Tamiflu, and have admitted there is no where near enough to treat all of their citizens. Will they allow a medicine that they state they currently have a shortage of to prevent millions of human deaths to be used on dogs? |
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