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Old 11-25-2007, 01:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
Soriak
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You shouldn't take Tamiflu unless you already present symptoms of the flu - it's not a vaccine! It's intended to stop the (normal) flu from progressing further, or to reduce its severity. I don't think it's even been proven to be effective for the avian flu, just the best thing we have right now.

As for the cyclohexane - it's bound with other stuff, so it doesn't have the same properties it'd have on its own. Wikipedia has the full structure for Tamiflu:

(3R,4R,5S)-4-acetylamino-5-amino-3-(1-ethylpropoxy)-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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