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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 6 Issue 1</issue_number>
<issue_period>2015 (January - March)</issue_period>
<title>RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF OSELTAMIVIR AND ZANAMIVIR IN PATIENTS OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN WESTERN INDIA. </title>
<abstract>Retrospective analysis of Oseltamivir and Zanamivir in 150 randomly-selected confirmed H lessThan sub greaterThan 1 lessThan /sub greaterThan N lessThan sub greaterThan 1 lessThan /sub greaterThan  patients admitted into Medicine Department of Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune between 1 lessThan sup greaterThan st lessThan /sup greaterThan  July 2009 and 31 lessThan sup greaterThan st lessThan /sup greaterThan  December 2009 was undertaken.Patients predominantly in age group of 18-65 years received Oseltamivir alone or along with Zanamivir (57% males, 43% females). Mean hospital stay duration (days) was 5.2+1.97 in the combination group (n=81) as compared to 8.7+2.34 with Oseltamivir alone (n=69). Outcome was significantly better with the combination (85.18%) than Oseltamivir alone (62 %); in patients with high risk having associated comorbidities like Asthma, COPD, diabetes, CHD; in terms of treatment duration, survival and cure. The most common adverse effect with Oseltamivir therapy was gastrointestinal intolerance (48%) while bronchospasm was seen in 15 (18.51%) patients treated with Zanamivir.Oseltamivir-Zanamivir combination was superior to Oseltamivir monotherapy in patients of H lessThan sub greaterThan 1 lessThan /sub greaterThan N lessThan sub greaterThan 1 lessThan /sub greaterThan  in the High-Risk Group. However, these findings need systematic prospective study for confirmation.</abstract>
<authors>HIMANSHU R. ARORA, KAVITA S SINGH   AND B. B. GHONGANE</authors>
<keywords>H1N1, Neuraminidase inhibitors, Oseltamivir, Zanamivir, Drug toxicities</keywords>
<pages>672-678</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
