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The very best one I’ve come across is the product developed by a small company in Phoenix, GlycoMeds. Their product kills a flu virus within 12 hours, (a)H1N1 included. Most vaccines attack the viral protein capsule which can change with every mutation, requiring a new vaccine each time this happens. The GlycoMed product attacks the viral ssRNA which cannot change with mutation. The product can be used for all viruses, year after year. GlycoMeds is still looking for a company to mass manufacture and distribute the product. Their goal is to sell it as an OTC making it easily accessible to the public. I hope they succeed.
And as has been already mentioned, there are other current treatments.
There are no treatments for the swine flu so to speak. There are antivirals such as Tami flu that have been around to treat the influenza virus. I know that they have been utilizing this to help shorten the duration of the illness. It is any ones guess as to whether it is actually working or not.
In all actuality, like most viruses, there is no cure for the Swine flu or any flu for that matter. The Center for Disease Control had been saying they were working on a vaccination and it would be ready for fall. However, last I heard on the news there was some discussion about mutation and how these viruses mutate so fast and so often… so, who knows if by the fall it will be the same virus and if it will require the same vaccination?
Yes, Oseltamivir (tamiflu), or zanamivir are both effective against it. Like most flu, to get good benefit you need to treat within about 48 hours of the illness starting.
Treatment is most important for people who are elderly, or infants, or have serious medical conditions. If you are in those categories and have flu-like symptoms you should talk to your doctor.
CDC has lots of reliable info:http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/
They had the treatment before the 2009 flu ever started. Tamiflu and Relenza are 2 anti-flu drugs effective against the 2009 flu.
But there is no vaccine yet; that will take a few months.