Drug combo could stretch Tamiflu stocks

1st Nov 2005, 20:11 GMT

Scarce supplies of Tamiflu, being stockpiled by governments in case of an influenza pandemic, could be stretched by giving it with another drug, doctors say.Governments have been advised to stock up on Tamiflu, a prescribed drug for seasonal flu, because it will be a first line of defence if the H5N1 bird flu circulating in Asia and reported in other areas mutates into a human pandemic strain.