Expert: Antibiotics don’t work against flu viruses

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Vita Weber, head of the community of pharmacists and pharmacists at Smartfarm, reminded that antibiotics are not effective against flu viruses. It has been reported DEA News.

According to him, antiviral drugs and drugs that support immunity will be more effective against flu viruses. Symptomatic drugs also help well.

“Antibiotics are effective against bacterial infections, but do not work against viruses. Influenza, ARVI is a viral infection, so antibiotics cannot fight it, ”the expert recalled.

Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, as well as complications of influenza. However, they do not directly affect the course of the influenza virus.

“Doctors may prescribe them in combination with other flu treatments if, for example, a patient is at risk of developing complications such as pneumonia. Antibiotics can then help prevent the development of bacterial infections and alleviate the course of the disease,” Weber explained.

Pavel Volchkov, formerly virologist, candidate of medical sciences aforementionedThat there is no population immunity to the flu, so it is now more dangerous than COVID-19.

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