OCT 26 2018 5:57 PM
Xofluza, the first flu antiviral to be approved in 20 years, works differently from other flu drugs.
How else is Xofluza different from Tamiflu?
In terms of symptom relief, there isn’t much difference. In the clinical trials of adults and adolescents, Xofluza alleviated symptoms about as quickly as Tamiflu. But the latter drug requires a bigger commitment from a patient: a twice-daily dose for five days, compared with Xofluza’s one dose.
The new drug did beat out the older one when it came to reducing the amount of virus in a patient in the first day after use. Whether that means patients taking Xofluza will be less likely to transmit the virus to others remains to be seen.
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