ohiovolffemtp Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I heard a sales pitch from a drug rep on this med yesterday. Essentially, it's a single dose anti-viral competing with Tamiflu/oseltamivir for the treatment of influenza patients. The sales rep says it can shorten the duration of symptoms by 2+ days, similar to the claims that Tamiflu makes. Does anyone have any experience with this? I don't prescribe oseltamivir because it's costly, it has significant GI discomfort issues, and the actual data is mixed on its effectiveness. Is this drug more effective in real use, or is it just more of the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediMike Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 54 minutes ago, ohiovolffemtp said: I heard a sales pitch from a drug rep on this med yesterday. Essentially, it's a single dose anti-viral competing with Tamiflu/oseltamivir for the treatment of influenza patients. The sales rep says it can shorten the duration of symptoms by 2+ days, similar to the claims that Tamiflu makes. Does anyone have any experience with this? I don't prescribe oseltamivir because it's costly, it has significant GI discomfort issues, and the actual data is mixed on its effectiveness. Is this drug more effective in real use, or is it just more of the same? https://pulmccm.org/infectious-disease-sepsis-review/fda-approves-new-anti-influenza-drug-xofluza-worked-better-than-oseltamivir/ Seems to offer quicker resolution of symptoms, reduction in viral load. Cost is elevated (of course). Most benefit was seen in OP populations, think there was some benefit in resolution of hypoxia for inpatients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted November 24, 2020 Moderator Share Posted November 24, 2020 read a review on it a while back seemed to be a "me too" non-essential drug. nope not writing in unless need to (patient requests) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted November 25, 2020 Administrator Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 hours ago, ventana said: nope not writing in unless need to (patient requests) I tend to like to NOT write for symptomatic care off label, which means I never did Tamiflu on my initiative except for patients with risk factors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I wrote for a few scripts of it when it first came out, but only because I had manufacturer coupons that dropped the cost to $30 for the patient as I recall? I didn’t exactly have a top 10% income population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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