what is tamiflu and what does it do.
Tamiflu is an NA inhibitor. By blocking the NA enzyme the drug makes it harder for the influenza virus to escape a host cell and replicate. As good as this sounds, you have to take the drug within the first day or two of symptoms.
How Tamiflu Works: For the virus to penetrate human cells and then spread the infection to other cells throughout the body, it relies on an enzyme called neuraminidase (NA) that has a mushroom-like shape. The virus utilizes this enzyme to bust out of the host cell and spread lots more viruses (and chaos) throughout the body.