Overuse of antivirals could make H1N1 pandemic even worse

Indiscriminate use of antiviral medications to prevent and treat influenza could ease the way for drug-resistant strains of the novel H1N1 virus to emerge, which could make the fight against a pandemic harder, public health officials warned. Already, a handful of cases of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 have been reported this summer, and there is no shortage of examples of misuse of the antiviral medications, experts said.