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To: orkrious who wrote (43152)	10/10/2005 12:31:54 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) of 110194

Your anesthesiologist friend is wrong about drug combinations. The reason the virus becomes resistant to one neuraminidase inhibitor like Tamiflu but not to another like Relenza is due to small changes in the shape of the molecule. Early antiviral therapy against HIV used multiple RT enzyme inhibitors together, just as some antibiotics use multiple glycoside inhibitors. Multiple drug therapy is always superior or equal in effectiveness to a single drug. Risking your life is what makes pandemics exciting. Your anesthesiologist friend doesn't believe in the immune system, like many Doctors of his generation. I did mention that most researchers will understand using interferon, but most Doctors would consider it "medical witchcraft". Your anesthesiologist friend will bet his life on one single antiviral drug -- although his wishes will probably be over-ridden when he is admitted to the hospital. I'll bet my life on a multiple drug combination with interferon to to boost non-specific cytolitic immunity against viral attack. The good news is, if enough old-school Doctors die in the pandemic, Bird Flu could kick-off a new age of discovery in medicine. There was a time when I was totally dismayed by the inability of many Doctors to think for themselves -- well actually I still am, but I no longer care. Some Doctors know enough about medicine and chemistry to be able to think for themselves, while most merely follow the latest fads promoted by drug company specialists and others. Wacky nonsense like replacing butter with hydrogenated vegetable oil because its "healthier". I decided there were two types of MDs - Medical Decorators who were so quick to follow the latest fad that they thought they were in the lead - and Medical Doctors, although there are precious few of them. .

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