Some patients are stockpiling Tamiflu. “Last week a patient of mine called about having Tamiflu on hand, and I must have been on the phone with him for 20 minutes. He wanted four prescriptions. We went back and forth on all the issues, and he finally asked, ‘Well, what would you do?’”
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It’s not Tamiflu that you need. But try finding Relenza. You won’t.
I don’t want to depend on the Govt. I have tried to get some, but can’t. If a pandemic happens it will be survival of the fittest and those who thought ahead will have a jump on the rest of us. If I were a Doctor it would be very difficult to not have enough on hand for my family. Knowing that, how could I turn patients down?
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