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Any questions regarding diabetes I will try to help, I’m on two types of insulin.

Also any questions regarding Multiple Sclerosis (yeah, just lucky I guess) I can
help with that as well, not currently on a disease modifier but have been, also
symptom meds.  And general questions on
how it feels, the journey etc.

I am so tired of movies and TV programs trying to kill us off, LOL.  Writers need to fact check. Ask here.

Are Tamiflu and Relenza the only medications out there for flu?  I'm writing a story with a flu outbreak, and the small town where my book is set has run out of medication. The h/h will have to travel to the next large city for a supply.

This won't be H1N1, as that would be too topical...by the time the book comes out, H1N1 will likely have been battled and a new strain would take its place.

So...anyone want to help me with flu meds?

Are Tamiflu and Relenza the only medications out there for flu? 

These are the only two that are currently being used. There are a couple of others that have gone out of favor 

• Symmetrel (Amantadine) - an older medication that is only effective against Influenza type A and can be used to prevent and treat the flu in children over 12 months of age
• Flumadine (Rimantadine) - also only effective against type A Influenza and it is only approved for use to prevent the flu in children under 10 years, and not as a flu treatment.

Because of problems with resistance, the CDC recommends that doctors not prescribe amantadine and rimantadine to prevent or treat flu any longer.

You can go to the CDC website and search on flu medications, or antiviral medications. 

Thanks for your answers about the flu meds. I'll take a peek over at the CDC site.

In my WIP my herione was a medical student who was overseeing a patient.  Well the patient went Code Blue, and instead of helping she froze (due to flashbacks).  My question is after 4 years of college.. does anyone know how many years of medical school you have to go.  Also what year would you be working rounds in a hosptial, because I want her to be about to finish.  I have thought about just changing it and making her a doctor already, but I don't know which way to go.  My herione really wants to still be in school, but right at the end.  So when she quits after this incident she won't have long to finish when she goes back

 Freezing during a Code Blue is not all that uncommon in new inexperienced staff. There is 4 years of undergrad work--graduate with a Bachelor's of Science degree and 4 years of medical school--graduating with that Medical Degree (MD) and then they start internship.

The last year (or is it two?) are spent doing the clinical thing. She could be in her last semester -- so that is reasonable.

Good luck with your story. 

Internships on the east coast are one year--they, also, might be referred to as the first year of a residency program. Residencies last various lengths of time--depending on the speciality. Surgical residencies tend to last longer than medical residencies. All of these programs start after four years of medical school (which follows four years of an undergrad BS program).