It has been long recognized that fever should not be treated with medications in patients with the flu for two reasons: the fever helps the body kill the virus and there is a higher incidence of the deadly Reyes Syndrome in patients with flu treated with anti-pyretics. The British Medical Journal has speculated that the high incidence of deaths in Mexico might be related to harmful effects of ibuprofen used for fever. Since the Japanese have warned against the use of such drugs, the death rate has decreased. In the horrible flu epidemic of 1918, the US surgeon General and the AMA recommended the first-line use of aspirin and probably increased the death and complication rate. In conclusion, we should avoid aspirin, ibuprofen, Motrin, Alieve, and even Tylenol in cases of the flu. But be sure to keep the levels of vitamin D3 high.
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