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p C. If you have asthma, if you are on cancer treatment, if you’ve got lupus — I mean there is a whole long list of diseases that people need to be aware of — contracting the virus puts you at increased risk of the complications, and that’s why we have to use Tamiflu to intervene, he said. Roughly 50 people with the virus have been treated in hospital. The Vancouver Island health authority is advising people with chronic medical conditions !–more– like asthma and diabetes to get a prescription for an antiviral medication before they get sick with swine flu. , but a vaccine to prevent swine flu will not be available until November, he said. C. Isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu have being reported around the world, including one case in Alberta this month and another in Quebec in July. The anti-viral drug Tamilfu is used to treat people infected with swine flu. Dr. This is an opportunity to intervene early in the course of the infection and we implore people who are in these risk groups to take the opportunity to take what steps they can until a vaccine is available, said Stanwick. There is enough Tamiflu available for those at risk in B. have died after contracting the virus, but all had other health conditions. The advice comes after outbreaks of the virus were reported in several communities on Vancouver Island. But taking it within 12 hours of catching swine flu could mean the difference between life and death for people with health conditions that give them a higher risk of respiratory failure. Children are also at increased risk of becoming seriously ill from swine flu, Stanwick said. Richard Stanwick, medical officer for southern Vancouver Island, says taking the antiviral drug Tamiflu won’t prevent people from getting the H1N1 virus. Health officials say that so far this year six people in B.

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The Irish Pharmacy Union this evening urged pharmacists to resume normal services immediately #8220;in the interests of patient safety.#8221;
In a statement this evening, the IPU said they were urging members to return to work #8220;in order to prevent a recurrence of the chaotic scenes of yesterday and last week, and in light of commitments made by the Minister in recent statements.#8221;
The union#8217;s executive is holding an emergency !–more– meeting in Dublin this evening to discuss the ongoing dispute.
IPU president Liz Hoctor said some of the issues at stake had not been resolved and warned that further disruption to services was almost inevitable if they were not.

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