Doctors recommend annual flu shots for adult 65 and older and others at high risk including health care workers and people with chronic illness. Any adult who wants to reduce risk of influenza can be vaccinated. Get more sleep. Two antiviral drugs, amantadine and rimantadine, may help prevent Type A influenza, which is generally the most severe. The drugs may also reduce the length and severity of Type A flu is you receive them within 48 hours after symptoms begin.
Antibiotics are ineffective.
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