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Stomach flu can be cured with tamiflu (oseltamivir)?

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Only if is the flu: Tamiflu (oseltamivir) only treats influenza which at times causes vomiting and diarrhea but more commonly causes fever, muscle aches and sniffles.

Answered 12/22/2018

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