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[churchill]

GPO confident of enough flu drug
By: Bangkokpost.com
Published: 5/05/2009 at 07:24 PM The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) is stockpiling antiviral medicine, aiming to have 6 million tablets of Oseltamivir available by June, but says the existing supply is enough if H1N1 infections are found in the country.

GPO managing director Witit Artavatkun said the government aimed to raise the local supply of the antiviral drugs to 6 million tablets, which would cover 10% of the total population, by stepping up local production at the GPO facility.

Currently, 3.2 million tablets of Oseltamivir are stored at the Bureau of Emerging Infectious Diseases with another 1.2 million kept at the GPO.

The state-owned unit imports raw materials from India and China to make Oseltamivir, which has the same quality as antiviral drugs traded by international pharmaceutical firms under the trade name Tamiflu, according to Mr Witit.

"The existing supply we have is adequate if H1N1 cases are found in the country,'' he said. "If an outbreak emerges, the supply would be distributed to local hospitals for immediate use.''

Those infected with the virus require 10 tablets of the antiviral drug each day for five days to kill the disease. The medicine is expected to cost no more than 35 baht per capsule once available at the hospitals for treatment.

But Mr Witit said H1N1 was less severe than the avian influenza and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), which hit Thailand during 2003 and 2004.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) data as of Monday, 21 countries had officially reported 1,124  cases of H1N1, including one case each in Hong Kong and South Korea.

http://www.bangkokpo...enough-flu-drug

[ronz28]

Pig flu has been confirmed to be in the area where we live.  They have closed schools temporarily where it has been found.  I suspect it is going to go around through the population just like any other flu.  

http://www.statesman...0505flutex.html

In preparation for the regular flu season, we had the regular flu and a pneumonia shot a few months ago.  Since we are  over 50, the doctor advised us to get the pneumonia shot too because the flu can lead to pneumonia.   He said said they are not sure how long the pneumonia shot lasts but believes it lasts at least 5 years.  There is no current vaccine for the pig flu yet.

[groovyc]

Ok guys... get ready for the news!
The first verified swine flu case in Thailand would be on the news soon.
No reason for panic though, as the infected were quarantined from the point of entry to Thailand.
Hope they can contain it.

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

ronz28, on 2009-05-05 20:36:26, said:

Pig flu has been confirmed to be in the area where we live.  They have closed schools temporarily where it has been found.  I suspect it is going to go around through the population just like any other flu.  

http://www.statesman...0505flutex.html

In preparation for the regular flu season, we had the regular flu and a pneumonia shot a few months ago.  Since we are  over 50, the doctor advised us to get the pneumonia shot too because the flu can lead to pneumonia.   He said said they are not sure how long the pneumonia shot lasts but believes it lasts at least 5 years.  There is no current vaccine for the pig flu yet.

ronz28.......Texas has the most cases in the US, why aren't you in LOS? Good luck and keep out of crowds.

[Jingthing]

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The first verified swine flu case in Thailand would be on the news soon.

Link please.
If you are talking about the two Thais and one German recently quarantined, all were cleared.

Edited by Jingthing, 2009-05-06 15:47:09.

[groovyc]

Jingthing, on 2009-05-06 17:44:58, said:

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The first verified swine flu case in Thailand would be on the news soon.

Link please.
If you are talking about the two Thais and one German recently quarantined, all were cleared.

sorry dude, I am the link
if you trust the press more, you gotta wait..

[groovyc]

groovyc, on 2009-05-06 18:55:48, said:

Jingthing, on 2009-05-06 17:44:58, said:

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The first verified swine flu case in Thailand would be on the news soon.

Link please.
If you are talking about the two Thais and one German recently quarantined, all were cleared.

sorry dude, I am the link
if you trust the press more, you gotta wait..

btw, there are 14 thais in quarantine, and heres the link:
http://www.nationmul...yword=swine flu

[churchill]

http://www.ajc.com/s...5/05/swine.html

China’s Foreign Ministry denied Mexicans were singled out.

Late Monday, China sent a chartered flight to Mexico City to pick up 200 stranded Chinese nationals, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. China had earlier canceled the only direct flights between China and Mexico, a twice weekly service by Aeromexico.

A group of 25 Canadian university students and a professor also have been quarantined at a hotel in China since the weekend over swine flu fears.

Southern Hemisphere braces for epidemic

The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out in the cold.

So far, the most affected nations have been in North America and Europe, which are heading into summer. But flu is spread more easily in the winter and it’s already sweater weather down south. Experts fear public health systems could be overwhelmed —- especially if swine flu and regular flu collide in major urban populations.

“You have this risk of an additional virus that could essentially cause two outbreaks at once,” Dr. Jon Andrus said at the Pan American Health Organization’s headquarters in Washington.

There’s also a chance that the two flus could collide and mutate into a new strain that is more contagious and dangerous.

A vaccine for swine flu is still months from being produced, and will likely be available just as flu season is ending in southern countries.

[Jingthing]

Just a precaution. So far no actual confirmed cases reported in the press.

[groovyc]

Jingthing, on 2009-05-06 19:59:43, said:

Just a precaution. So far no actual confirmed cases reported in the press.

True. not in the press. and seems like not for the next two days now.
not till the flu meeting is over at least...

[churchill]

Don't get scared of swine flu
5 May 2009, 0345 hrs IST, Dr Mridul Mehrotra  

As most of us know that swine flu is caused by a virus H1N1 of Orthomyxoviridae family, H and N depict the weapons of the virus through which it  
causes infection. While H stands for hemagglutinin which is the site by which the virus binds to the host cell receptors to cause the disease, N stands for neuraminidase which cleaves the exit points of cells and thus the virus spreads from one cell to another cell infecting the vicinity.

Resistance of persons is obtained by antibodies produced against H antigen while antibodies formed against N antigen (weapons of virus) helps to limit spread of infection.

HINI infection of virus occurs through aerosol (coughing, sneezing, spitting and occasionally through hand-to-hand contact or fomite transmission including use of personal towels, hanky and other personal items of infected individuals). Our defence mechanism of body plays an important role to get rid of infection which includes production of IgA antibodies by respiratory lining of nose and respiratory passage which is a secretory antibody playing a major role in protection against the disease; other human body mechanisms like cytotoxic lymphocytes (virus eating cell) and production of special glycoproteinous material produced by our defence system called interferons play significant role in limiting the spread of infection in our respiratory system thus making the disease to get cured in one week in most of the cases.

Since influenza outbreaks are quite common and virtually recorded every year, so to push the panic button against the disease sounds quite strange as global pandemics or epidemics have occurred every 10 to 15 years and infection due to H1N1 virus has resulted in mild form of pandemics in yesteryears. Symptomatology of the disease includes cough, sore throat, body aches (specially backaches), headaches (specially frontal), fever with chills with respiratory distress.
Such cases of uncomplicated flu which comprises majority of patients are cured in just 2-7 days with very simple drugs like acetaminophen for relief against fever and aches and even cough suppressants are not required as cough produced in H1N1 flu is self-limiting. Specific costly antiviral drugs like oseltamivir which is given 75 mg twice a day for five days has nearly no role in curing the illness; just helping the patient to get cured only 1.0-1.5 days before to those persons who are not on oseltamivir or taking placebos (agents mimicking drugs which have no role against the disease); so creating hype for costly oseltamivir drug sounds quite strange.
Even complications arising from H1N1 virus like viral pneumonias, myositis, rhabdomyolysis, myocarditis, encephalitis, cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal dysfunctions responding to available antiviral agents like oseltamivir, amantidine, ribavirin and zanamivir is not known, so again why to create hype for getting such costly drugs and agents.

Commonest complication of H1N1 virus is pneumonia, specially bacterial caused by Streptococcus Pneumoniae (Gram positive cocci in pairs), Staphylococcus Aureus (Gram positive cocci in clumps) and Haemophillus Influenzae (Gram negative bacilli) which respond well to our good antimicrobial drugs (antibiotics) which were not available in 1980s, 70s or before; so curing complicated bacterial pneumonia now is much easier than before.
Investigating the disease is also much easier and faster nowadays due to technological advances, tests done are RT PCR [Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction done by real time PCR machine other tests include HI, ELISA, compliment fixation, immunofluorescence, chest X-Ray, sputum examination for secondary bacterial complication includes grams staining, culture and sensitivity tests on high risk individuals for the disease includes aged individuals over 64 years, diabetics, renal failure, asthmatics, HIV patients, pregnant females and hospital staff.  


http://timesofindia....how/4484401.cms

[churchill]

GPO confident of antivirus
By: NAREERAT WIRIYAPONG
Published: 6/05/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: BusinessThe Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) is stockpiling antiviral medicine, aiming to have 6 million tablets of Oseltamivir available by June, but says the existing supply is enough if H1N1 infections are found in the country.

GPO managing director Witit Artavatkun said the government aimed to raise the local supply of the antiviral drugs to 6 million tablets, which would cover 10% of the total population, by stepping up local production at the GPO facility.

Currently, 3.2 million tablets of Oseltamivir are stored at the Bureau of Emerging Infectious Diseases with another 1.2 million kept at the GPO.

The state-owned unit imports raw materials from India and China to make Oseltamivir, the generic name for the antiviral drug traded by international pharmaceutical firms under the trade name Tamiflu, according to Mr Witit.

"The existing supply we have is adequate if H1N1 cases are found in the country," he said. "If an outbreak emerges, the supply would be distributed to local hospitals for immediate use."

Those infected with the virus require 10 tablets of the antiviral drug each day for five days to kill the disease. The medicine is expected to cost no more than 35 baht per capsule once available at the hospitals for treatment.

But Mr Witit said H1N1 was less severe than the avian influenza and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), which hit Thailand during 2003 and 2004.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) data as of Monday, 21 countries had officially reported 1,124 cases of H1N1, including one case each in Hong Kong and South Korea.

In Mexico, where the strain was first detected, 590 cases of human infection have been confirmed, including 25 deaths together with one death in the US which has reported 286 cases.

Globally, Roche and GSK have antiviral medicine for treatment of H1N1. The WHO said there is no effective vaccine available against the new virus, but work has begun to develop such a vaccine.

M.L. Somchai Chakrabhand, director-general of the Bureau of Emerging Infectious Disease, said confirmation of cases in Korea and Hong Kong did not pose a worry for Thailand.

People who notice any suspicious symptoms can approach hospitals where personnel have already been informed about H1N1 for diagnosis, he said.

M.L. Somchai said general masks available at drugstores could help prevent 80% of infections with the higher-quality thicker masks helping to eliminate up 95% of infection risk.

Chernporn Tengamnuay, president of Greater Pharma Co, the country's largest pharmaceutical firm, recommended that the GPO and the Public Health Ministry make sure that effective distribution of antiviral medicine would be in place if the outbreak hits Thailand.

Private pharmaceutical companies are ready to produce Oseltamivir with raw materials from the government in case supplies from the GPO are not adequate.

"But we need the government to bypass the process of antiviral drug registration in that case," said Mr Chernporn.

http://www.bangkokpo...nt-of-antivirus

[churchill]

Region to increase Tamiflu stockpile against Mexican flu

By: Bangkokpost.com
Published: 7/05/2009 at 05:04 PM Senior health officials from the 10 Asean nations, Japan, China and South Korea agreed to increase the region's emergency stockpile of the antiviral drug oseltamivir, or Tamiflu, to combat the spread of the deadly A/H1N1 influenza virus at a meeting in Bangkok on Thursday.

Public Health Ministry spokesman Suphan Srithamma said representatives from all 13 countries meeting at the Dusit Thani hotel had matching views regarding control and prevention measures for the disease.

The officials agreed on increasing the region’s Tamiflu reserves, currently 5 million tablets in Singapore and 5 million tablets in Thailand. The meeting also saw the need for a study on the virus’s genetics and other characteristics.


Health deputy permanent secretary Siriporn Kanchana said the meeting in Bangkok discussed the forging of an agreement to combat the the threat of the 2009 influenza virus, or Mexican flu,  dealing with international travel, disease surveillance and methods of limiting any outbreak.


The health officials were to write up the agreement, which would be signed on Friday by the health ministers of the 13 countries attending the bangkok conference.

The health ministers would then further discussion the source of funding  for researching a vaccine and its production.


Somsak Akkhasin, the deputy head of the Department of Disease Control, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was worried transferring vaccine production technologies from high-tech countries to lower-tech countries could be difficult.

He said production of vaccines to satisfy Thailand’s needs should not be problematic if any outbreak of the virus is limited to a single strain.

However there could be problems if an outbreak involved multiple strains.

http://www.bangkokpo...tamiflu-reserve

[churchill]

Asean+3 agrees on joint flu response
By: Thai News Agency
Published: 8/05/2009 at 04:16 PM Health ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) plus China, Japan and South Korea have agreed on five measures to control the spread of the deadly A/H1N1 influenza virus, Public Health Witthaya Kaewparadai said on Friday.


Mr Witthaya said preventive measures include the exchange of information concerning the influenza A outbreak, forming regional mobile units to inspect possible influenza A infction along their borders, and cooperation in laboratory virus testing.

In addition, passengers who travel from areas where the flu has been detected will be screened to reduce negative effects on trade and the economy.


There will also be joint studies of the virus to assist the development of a public health system and to handle any future outbreak in the region.

Mr Witthaya said Japan’s senior vice health minister Takao Watanabe had said Tokyo was willing to support and help Asean combat the flu.

Mr Watanabe also said Japan would study the Thai idea of mobile units of health volunteers to detect any outbreak in local communities, he said.

Mr Witthaya said most of participants at Friday's meeting of regional health ministers and officials in Bangkok expressed their satisfaction with the outcome.

http://www.bangkokpo...response-to-flu

[Jingthing]

Jingthing, on 2009-04-27 15:31:23, said:

Prediction: the first cases will show up in Thailand within 7 days of today. Unless they CLOSE the airports, this is a done deal. This is an airborne virus in more ways than one.

I was wrong!

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[groovyc]

Jingthing, on 2009-05-08 20:01:32, said:

Jingthing, on 2009-04-27 15:31:23, said:

Prediction: the first cases will show up in Thailand within 7 days of today. Unless they CLOSE the airports, this is a done deal. This is an airborne virus in more ways than one.

I was wrong!

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No, you weren't.  The virus enetered thailand within your time frame.
it'd be in the news soon. wonder what excuse would be given for the cover up.

[DurianIslandKoThurian]

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[the_webninja]

Think about THIS: Have we yet to hear of any of the Rich people in the Bilderberg Group catching the Virus? How odd,...is it possible that THEY may have something to do with it?


The Rock Creek Press here in the US Reported the production and Use of Flu Viruses as Biological Weapons in April shortly before the Swine Flu Virus broke out. President Obama and Hillary Clinton visited Mexico for "Talks" just before the Swine Flu Virus Broke out. Is it possible that those "Talks" didn't go so well, and this Virus is a way of making them conform to the North American Trade Agreement which will destroy the Constitutions of Canada, the US and Mexico for the sake of the Rich Bankers? (And Asia is Next by the way.)

Scientists here in the US have suspected the Swine Flu Virus was produced in a Lab, because after closely examining the Virus they found it is part Animal, part Human, which looks like something that was produced in a Lab rather than through natural Mutation. The outbreaks in other parts of the World might be part of these people's plan to eliminate 80% of the Population so the Resources can be used by the rest. The IS a plan such as this, see InfoWars.com for more info about this stuff.

How to Protect yourself from the Evil people who may have Created this Virus?
Take 100mg of Zinc Daily if you are in infected areas or high Threat areas. Zinc is a Natural Antibiotic.
Do not stay in the Sun too long it can break down your immunity System.
Try to avoid any kind of Stress, because Stress can Break down your Immunity System.
Do not exercise too much, relax and take care of yourself.
Wash often, your whole body! Especially your Hands. Infection occurs most often from rubbing the eyes with infected hands or Eating with fingers that have the Germs or Virus on them.
Use lots of Lysol or Disinfectant Sprays, Bleach, Lots of hot Water.
Avoid being outside when it is Damp or Dewing, misting or raining. Germs come down in the water in the Rain, and live in Moisture.
Hydrogen Peroxide kills Germs. Wash your Mouth with Hydrogen Peroxide, wash all wounds with Hydrogen Peroxide daily.

Eat lots of Protein, Hot Vegetables, Vitamin C, Zinc, Cilantro, Green Tea.

Fight the origin of this Evil by Withdrawing all the Money out of your Bank Accounts.
Do not take out any Loans, do not buy any Houses, do not Use Credit Cards, do not accept "Deals" for Utility Companies, try not to use Gas or Oil or Plastic.

I hope this helps someone

[Jingthing]

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Think about THIS: Have we yet to hear of any of the Rich people in the Bilderberg Group catching the Virus? How odd,...is it possible that THEY may have something to do with it?

I am a rich beyatch from the Bunghulaberghoffgoldbergersteinbrenner group.


I now have the H1N1 flu!


There goes your theory!

Edited by Jingthing, 2009-06-15 17:41:43.