Flu cases are surging across Texas, with outbreaks in more than 40 Tarrant County schools.
Whether prescribed or over the counter, medications for the flu might be tougher to find as cases continue to spike across North Texas and the nation.ending on January 25, nearly 35% of flu tests were positive and 185 people were hospitalized due to the flu., 33% of flu tests were positive and visits to the emergency room rose from 6% to 28% in one week.
“Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated,” the CDC said in the report. “CDC estimates that there have been at least 20 million illnesses, 250,000 hospitalizations, and 11,000 deaths from flu so far this season.”“Hit or miss if it's in stock or not, it comes in spurts,” Heather Vlassis, pharmacy manager at Perrone Pharmacy in Fort Worth said. “ definitely keeps us busier than normal, but also increases the number of drugs we're ordering, trying to keep everything in stock.
“As a school gets hit, the supply goes down low. As we get a little break, we can up the increase of the supply we have just in time for another school to get hit. And it goes right back out again,” Vlassis said.“We definitely always try to over-order. We try to make sure we have an ample amount in stock every day. Hard to tell, though, how many you're going to go through in one day. So, we just tried our best to keep up as much as we can on hand,” Vlassis said.
“Much higher. It is a single dose, though,” Vlassis said. “So you get to take one dose and you're done. So, there's a benefit versus Tamiflu. That's five days.”
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