We reviewed information from a US pharmacy benefi ts manager database from 2004 through 2005 during periods with little infl uenza activity. We calculated rates of oseltamivir prescriptions to enrollees. Prescription rates increased signifi cantly from 27.3/100,000 in 2004 to 134/100,000 in 2005 (p<0.05), which suggested that personal stockpiling of oseltamivir occurred.
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