Are there medicines to treat swine flu?
Most people recover from H1N1 swine flu without any specific treatment. In certain circumstances, the CDC recommends the use of antiviral medications oseltamivir or zanamivir (brand names Tamiflu and Relenza) to treat or prevent H1N1 swine influenza. Antiviral drugs fight against the flu by keeping flu viruses from reproducing in your body. If you get sick, antiviral drugs can make your illness milder and prevent serious flu complications. During the current pandemic, the priority use for antiviral drugs is to treat severe influenza illness (for example hospitalized patients) and people who are sick who have a condition that places them at high risk for serious flu-related complications.
