The Faculty of Medical Sciences, from the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Hospital de Clínicas, alerts the public about the dissemination of irresponsible and false data on the treatment of chikungunya.
In this regard, he clarifies that the oseltamivir is specifically suitable against influenza and also, only with medical indications, in order to avoid the resistance of the virus to this medicine.
this drug it has no therapeutic activity against arboviruses such as dengue, zika or chikungunya.
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“It should not be prescribed for the treatment of viruses other than influenza,” warns the statement from the Hospital de Clínicas.
However, information circulates on social networks that attributes to oseltamivir the properties of treating chikungunya, despite the fact that the data lacks any scientific validity.
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