Swine Flu Shots

There are four different antiviral drugs that are licensed for use in the US for the treatment of influenza:

amantadine
rimantadine
oseltamivir
zanamivir

While most swine influenza viruses have been susceptible to all four drugs, the most recent swine influenza viruses isolated from humans are resistant to amantadine and rimantadine. At this time, CDC recommends the use of oseltamivir or zanamivir for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with swine influenza viruses.