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INFLUENZA PANDEMIC (H1N1) 2009 (24): GLOBAL UPDATE, CORRECTION
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Date: Fri 7 Aug 2009
From: Amy Greer
<amy.greer@sickkids.ca>
In the ProMED-mail posting of 6 Aug 2009 titled "Influenza pandemic
(H1N1) 2009 (24): global update, archive number 20090805.2766" Maria
Teresa Cerqueira, head of the Pan-American Health Organization office
in La Jolla, California, is quoted as saying that, "In the United
States Tamiflu is sold with a prescription, but in Mexico and Canada
it is sold freely and taken at the 1st sneeze. Then, when it is
really needed, it doesn't work." This statement is incorrect. In
fact, Tamiflu is not sold freely in Canada. In Canada, individuals
must have a prescription written by a physician in order to purchase
Tamiflu from a pharmacy as is the case in the United States.
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Amy L. Greer, BSc., MSc., PhD
Child Health Evaluative Sciences
The Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children
123 Edward St., Suite 420
Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada
<amy.greer@sickkids.ca>
[A similar comment has been received from David Patrick, MD, FRCPC,
MHSc, Director, Epidemiology Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
and Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4 Canada (david.patrick@bccdc.ca). We are
grateful to both correspondents for drawing attention to this
erroneous statement. - Mod.CP]
see also:
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (24): global update 20090805.2766
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