Drug Ratings for TAMIFLUAverage Rating: 2.2 (177 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TAMIFLU | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | Tested positive for FLU | Vomiting, trouble sleeping, hallucinations, confusion, irritability. | M | 5 | 2 days | 4/19/2013 | 1 | Flu Symptoms | Nausea and abnormal psychiatric behavior, irritable, restless and very aggressive. | My son would become nauseated within about an hour of taking Tamiflu, he vomited once after the first and second dose. If he ate something before taking Tamiflu the nausea was lessened. He lost his appetite while on Tamiflu and did not get his full appetite back until at least 36 hours after his last dose. The most troubling side effects were psychiatric, the worst manifested at about 36 hours into his Tamiflu treatment. My son has exhibited very aggressive and combative attitudes to persons around him. He is physically and verbally aggressive to close family members i.e. yelling, biting and hair pulling. He has been off of the medication for over 36 hours and is still exhibiting aggression towards others. I would not recommend Tamiflu. I'm actually disappointed with the manufacturer and the FDA for their lack of judgement about how they prescribe the drug and the lack of communication about the side effects. The question my wife and I have now is how long the side effects will last? We can only hope it subsides very soon. I'll end with a few more notes I've found while researching Tamiflu - "Japan bans Tamiflu for teenagers", "Masato Tashiro, head of flu at Japan's National Institute of Infectious said My personal concern is that Tamiflu might invade the brain through the blood-brain barrier.", "The manufacturer of Tamiflu said experiments in mice showed it depressed brain activity and caused death in animals too young to have a fully-for | M | 8 | 3 days 10ml 2X D | 3/17/2013 | 1 | Tested positive for Flu | My daughter had a slight fever and runny nose. Her dr. tested for the flu and prescribed tamiflu since it was the first 24 hrs. After her first dose she became a different child.. Having hallucinations, night terrors, jittery and couldn't sit still. I contacted her dr. and brought her back to the office and was told those were flu symptoms and to keep her on the meds!! After 2 more doses she was out of control crying for no reason throwing tantrums.. And having no personality with a blank slate face when she wasn't crying. Also complained of her head hurting and would cry about it. My poor love .. I felt horrible as if I failed as a parent for putting her through such torture. I will DEFINITELY research ANYTHING the drs try to suggest putting in our bodies! This should be banned!! | F | 3 | 3 days | 3/12/2013 | 1 | Infuenza B | Immediately started crying after swallowing (tasted bad). Maybe 15 minutes later started throwing up. Complained of stomach pain rest of the night would not eat or drink anything. Prior to taking fever/cough. Decreased appetite, good with fluids, no stomach pain. Will not give another dose | F | 3 | 1 days 1.5 tsp | 3/8/2013 | 4 | Influenza | Fatigue, some abdominal craps | F | 12 | 5 days 75 mg | 2/27/2013 | 2 | Flu Type B | Trouble sleeping, irritable, throwing up | My 2 yr old boy was prescribed this because his sister had the flu. He would throw up every time we gave him his dose. He would wake up almost every hour during the night crying uncontrollably. He seemed very sad on Tamiflu. Not himself. He has no appetite on Tamiflu. I do not want him to take it anymore. He's terrified of the stuff anyway! Gets so upset when he sees the bottle. I'm guessing the solution is thick and he knows it will make him throw up. No More! | M | 2 | 3 days 5ml 2X D | 2/14/2013 | 3 | 5 yr old daughter had type b flu | My daughter received it on day 3 of flu. On day six, which is day three of being on Tamiflu she has and enormous amount of anger. Which is not like her at all. She has the sweetest spirit but this has her almost possessed. Nausea the first dose, but has helped her flu symptoms. I will not be finishing the rest of it. Anger is too far out of control | F | 5 | 3 days 5ml | 2/9/2013 | 1 | positive for flu | My 4 year old nephew took this medicine and two days after started acting like a different child. I have never in my life seen such. It hasbeen 2 days since his last dose and his behavior is so uncontrollable it's sad. He goes from being normal to being confused and throwing a 2 hour tantrum over nothing. He has never acted like this nor has he ever taken tamiflu. TAMIFLU needs to be banned!! | M | 4 | 5 days | 1/28/2013 | 5 | influenza b | My 8 yr old exp no side effects it was like a magic pill | He was in bed not able to move was given his 1st dose fever was gone and up and out in about 2 hours..2 days later we were able to go on our sched vacation he functioned fine it was like a miracle. | M | 8 | 5 days 75 2X D | 1/26/2013 | 1 | Flu | My 6 year old was prescribed this medication because he was having high fevers and a cough. The doctor said he had the flu. I normally always come to this site and check out the reviews. I guess I was desperate to get my son feeling well as the high fevers make me nervous. Do not give your children this drug. I gave this to my son and about an hour later he was throwing up. He kept throwing up, like a faucet. Why give your kid or anyone a drug that's going to make them feel worse? Once he got it out of his system he was fine and out of bed for a bit, talking, laughing, etc. I had to have the doctor call in a prescription for Zofran so he could keep the Motrin and Tylenol down. I'm just going to let the virus run its course and continue the Motrin and Tylenol. I also have a friend who was told she had the flu Thursday and was prescribed Tamiflu and she threw up from the moment she got it to a day before she was to stop taking it | STAY AWAY AND DO NOT GIVE IT TO YOUR KIDS!!! | F | 6 | 1 days 45 2X D | 1/20/2013 | 1 | Influenza A | My son was presribed tamiflu to help with flu symptoms.....very scary! About 45 min after taking it, he woke up from a dead sleep and could not speak, just cried and stared blankly at the wall. It was as if everything was frozen-he looked at my husband and I as if we were strangers. | Because this is such a widely popular drug, I cannot believe there were not any warnings of these risks. We will NEVER give Tamiflu to any of our other children for fear of the same reaction. | M | 6 | 10 2X D | 1/16/2013 | 1 | Flu | My son experienced sudden severe chills. His temperature spiked to 103.7and kept rising.. He said he felt like he could not move. I immediately gave him some tylenol and continued hugging him until he finally fell asleep. I was very scared. I stopped giving him the pills because the symptoms were worst than the flu symptoms. | M | 12 | 1 days 75 mg 2X D | 1/13/2013 | 1 | Influenza A | Please do not give this to your children! After the second dose, my son kept waking up with nightmares running around the house. When he was awake he said his hands felt big and everything was moving really fast. We discontinued use after the second dose and hopefully the side effects will go away soon. | M | 10 | 1 days | 1/10/2013 | 1 | My 8 year old son has the flu | My son is having back, stomach pain and vomitting also aggressive behavior and horrible nightmares. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION! CHANGES NEED TO BE DONE, TAKE THE MORE NATURAL ROUTE ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR CHILDREN! | M | 8 | 5 days 10ml 2X D | 1/10/2013 | 1 | flu fever influenza b | leg pains. could not walk. | do not give to chilldren!!! both my children could not walk after taking tamiflu. they both complained of lower back leg pains and were unable to walk after the second dose. i immediately discontinued use. | M | 7 | 2 days 10 mg 2X D | 12/31/2012 | 1 | Flu b | My daughter hated the taste but not only that she got really bad leg cramps and could hardly walk and severe stomach pain as well as being very tired and sleepy !! Do not give it to your children!! | F | 8 | 2 days | 12/30/2012 | 3 | My kids tested positive ages 1 &10 | After reading all the reviews on side effects, especially for children I decided to discontinue use. My one yr old daughter and 10yr old son started tamiflu within 24-48 hrs of symptoms of flu such as high fever and body ache. The ER Dr. Prescribed the drug and did not mention one thing about side effects! I was very nervous for my daughter because she was only 14 mo. Old and with the flu. I knew it would hit her harder than older children so I filled the prescription and started it right away. I will say that after the second day my children felt a little better. The fever went down, the body ache was less intense, and headache was gone in my 10yr old. My daughter also looked like she felt better because she started walking around the house again and her fever was less frequent as well. The drug seems to be working okay, however there are some side effects that are present in my kids that I read on here. My daughters heartbeat was racing at what felt like 200 beats per minute last night. I almost took her back to ER but, I decided that high fever does that and at that time she did have a high fever 102. Now I know it prob had something to do with drug. Needless to say I did not sleep a wink because I was so nervous and stressed out about her. symptoms. On top of the rapid heartbeat she was very wakeful while on this medicine. She would wake by jerking moving, or twitching every 5 min. Which I now know is prob due to nightmares which I read is another side effect of tamiflu. | 1 | 2 days 5ml | 11/12/2012 | 1 | influenza type b | Due of a fever of 40C or due to taking Tamiflu, my daughter had a nightmare and got out of the upstairs window onto the roof, then she went down to the ground somehow, and started to run off down the street. Two days later and her legs have started to hurt. Maybe Tamiflu is o.k. for high risk groups but otherwise don't give it. We live in Japan where some problems (deaths from falling, etc) have occurred in the past. The Doctor who gave us Tamiflu didn't say anything about side effects. The Doctor who examined our daughters legs seemed to have heard about these kind of things. | F | 9 | 1 days dont know 2X D | 4/19/2012 | 2 | Flu Virus Confirmed | Severe Leg Pain in back of legs. Started in one leg, the next day it occurred in both. Particularly bad in the AM. Unable to stand or walk. | After 2nd day (4th dose) side effects began. After 3rd day (6th dose) use of product was discontinued. | M | 9 | 2 days 5ml 2X D | 3/24/2012 | 1 | H1N1 | Bizarre behavior, hallucinations, blank expression, diarhea, stomach cramps, insomnia, nightmares. NOT FOR CHILDREN | F | 4 | 3 days 2x a day | 3/24/2012 | 5 | Influenza A | nausea with first dose | My son who is 11 was diagnosed with the flu yesterday morning after symptoms which started at 6pm the night before. We started him on the Tamiflu by 12:15pm, roughly 18 hours after symptoms had started. The nausea that he experienced with the first dose was probably due to the high fever. Today he has felt like a new kid since he awoke. Still has the congestion, but the fever is controlled with Motrin every 6 hours. No complaints of aches, or pain in legs today. Hope this helps. Tamiflu really works when given early in regards to symptoms | M | 11 | 2 days 75mg 2X D | 3/23/2012 | 1 | Possible Flu A | Parents: DO NOT give this medication to your children!!!! If your doctor prescribes this medication to your child, tell them they better figure something else out. GRILL your doctor til their eyes fall out if their head and see what they know about Tamiflu. My son was prescribed this medication as a "preventative" because of possible flu. Usually I am very inquisitive, but I just wanted my son to feel better, so I quickly started him on this joke of a medicine. SHOULD HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH. My son started acting very strangely-was very dizzy, being very clingy one moment and didn't want me or my husband to touch him the next moment, restless, woke up many times as though he was having terrible dreams, and acted like he was in terrible pain at times. Especially in little ones who can't speak for themselves, BE THEIR VOICE AND SAY NO TO TAMIFLU! I'm SO MAD at myself for not asking questions. I pray that he will not have any lasting side effects from this! | 1 | 3 days | 3/5/2012 | 1 | Tested positive for flu | My 4 year old son was prescribed tamiflu after being tested and diagnosed positive for the flu after only 24 hours of the symptoms onset. Only 1 hour after giving my son this medication, he became violently ill. He cried because of stomach pain for about 30 minutes, then vomited every half an hour for the next three hours. | I threw the medicine in the garbage! Tamiflu was worse than the flu! I will never give my son this medicine again. | F | 4 | 1 days 2X D | 2/10/2012 | 1 | My two year old tested positive | DO NOT GIVE THIS MEDICINE TO YOUR CHILDREN!!! My two year old was given it a couple years ago and I filed a complaint with the Doctor and the FDA. I stopped giving it to her after 2 days because she began hallucinating and becoming paranoid. She would scream a frightening paranoid scream all through the night and she would pound her head into the walls. It took us almost a 9 months for her to return to normal. This DRUG NEEDS TO BE BANNED. Do your research. In Japan, the drug is banned in children under 16 for the same reasons. The doctors here looked at me like I was making it up and claimed they've never heard of it. This stuff is HORRIBLE!!! | F | 2 | 2 days 2X D | 6/17/2011 | 1 | Child exposed to Influenza A. | My six year old daughter began hallucinating the 7th night she took this medicine. It was the absolute scariest thing i have ever seen.DO NOT GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN. She now appears to have short term memory issues, but has stopped seeing and hearing things thankfully. My daughter did not have a fever or the flu so it was definitely the tamiflu that caused this. She is on no other medications and she does not have any mental or behavioral issues. | Do NOT give this to your children. | F | 6 | 7 days 1X D | 3/12/2011 | 2 | Flu virus | Son prescribed for flu. Extremely dizzy,vomiting, stomach pains after taking medicine. Went on Tamiflu's website and read a special warning for children and adolescents that warn immediately after taking Tamiflu, children and adolescents are prone to confusion and self-injury. I wish my pharmacist would have told me about that side-effect. Son couldn't walk down the hallway, had to lay down he was so dizzy. Children really need to be watched closely after taking that medicine. I stopped giving it to him after he begged me not too due to vomiting so much. Not worth the side effects. | M | 12 | 2 days 60mg 2X D | 3/11/2011 | 1 | influenza b | extreme nausea, vomiting,sharp stomach pains, confusion | M | 9 | 1 days 1 tsp 2X D | 3/9/2011 | 1 | Influenza A | Stomach pain, anxiety, irritability, severe insomnia | My 8 year old experienced severe stomach pain which weakened appetitie, severe insomnia including trouble falling asleep...up to 2-3 hours trying, middle of night awakenings, and then rising at 5 a.m. saying he couldn't sleep. Normally sleeps 9.5 to 10 hours without problem. Been 4 days off Tamiflu and still having problems sleeping. He also experienced fearful and death thoughts such as worrying about parents dying. Also verbalized feeling like he sees people in his bedroom. The package insert describes in detail neurological and behavioral side effects, as well as post market behavioral side effects which I read after my son experienced similar events. Suicide is also listed as a side effect in a small number of children in Japan attributable to Tamiflu. If I read the package insert or was informed by the P.A. whom prescribed this med, I would NOT have given it. BE CAREFUL WITH TAMIFLU, question the doctor, and avoid it if possible. GET THE FLU SHOT! | F | 8 | 5 days 50 mg 2X D | 2/28/2011 | 4 | 5 yo daughter tested + for Flu A | She tested positive for Type A Flu. She has not seemed to have any bad reactions and my daughter is very sensitive to everything. | She had no problems taking the medicine (she prefers pills to liquids). She still sounds terrible and has had a little fever but is feeling much better. Not sure if it is from her immune system taking over or if the medicine has helped that much after only 3 doses. Either way, she is feeling better and that is all I care about. | F | 5 | 2 days 45 MG 2X D | 2/22/2011 | 1 | flu | my son has slept walked before but usually walks around and finds his way bk to his room. Well tonight after his first dose he woke up walking in circles yelling like something was chasing him. I tried to console him but he kept running away from me like i was something horrible. He kept reaching for stuff that wasnt there. Talking about stuff that didnt make sense. The next episode happened two hours later, same thing crying waking up in a panic. He told me look come here, pointing to my pillow he said look i'm choking you. We're both crying bc i've never seen my child act or say anything like this before. | i called walgreens and the pharmacist says there are no side effects like this with tamiflu, that it must be the fever. His fever was 100 at the most! So i think he really needs to do his research. I would never give this medication to any of my children. | M | 7 | 5 days 3/4 tea 2X D | 2/18/2011 | 1 | flu symptoms | 9 year old daughter is having severe leg pain, to the point of not being able to walk. Also extreme rash on both of her legs. Striated type rash, not spotty or blotching. | F | 9 | 3 days 12 MG 2X D | 2/17/2011 | 2 | My 9 yr old daughter dx with flu | dizziness, weird dreams, sleeplessness | prescribed for my 9 yr old daughter. we gave it to her once - tentatively - after reading all these comments. didn't like the effects so stopped. her fever broke after 2 days. | F | 9 | 1 times 45ml 2X D | 2/16/2011 | 1 | My daughter has the flu | Hyper, goofy, drunk like symptoms, my daughter couldn't focus | This also happened to my daughter whenever she was four, she is nine today. I felt like maybe she was aliitle to young for the medicine. She was also delusional. | F | 9 | 5 days 1 teaspoon 2X D | 2/13/2011 | 1 | my 18 month daughter has swine flu | My 18 month daughter always sleeps well, the 2nd and 3 rd night of taking tamiflu she was up screaming in terror every 35 mins, lost and out of it. She is off her food completely and very cross about everything. She would sleep during the day at all...and after reading this site I'm taking her straight off it. Her temp has gone but I don't think that is down to tamiflu | We were given so little advice on taking tamiflu.....simply could make her sick. Outrageous | F | 1 | 5 days 30 2X D | 2/4/2011 | 1 | flu | My 11 month daughter (who is tiny, only 16.5 lbs) took this yesterday around 7 pm because her father and I were diagnosed with the flu (we couldnt afford the med for ourselves). She woke up screaming around 2 am, trying to jump off the bed, and acted like she was scared to death of me!!! (she is a very clingy mommas girl) She kept trying to get away and screamed like she was possessed!! It was awful. After about 2 hours of this she fell asleep again. She woke up at 6, nursed, then was fine and all of a sudden a repeat of her terror! I believe it was the tamiflu. I will not give her anymore, I pray to God that this is temporary and hasn't hurt my baby. | I DO NOT believe this drug should be prescribed to children!!! Serious neurological and psychological side effects!!!! | F | 1 | 1 days 30 mg 1X D | 2/2/2011 | 3 | Flu | My 4 y/o and 7 y/o were both prescribed TamiFlu when the test for flu came back positive. The 4 year old took a capsule, got better and seemed to have no side effects. The 7 year old took the liquid form and kept telling me she felt weird. Her flu symptoms did subside, though. After 3 days, I called the pharmacy, described the symptoms and they told me to stop giving it to her. Wished I'd called earlier. | F | 7 | 3 days 2X D | 1/31/2011 | 1 | son diagnosed with flu in ER | my 3 & 1/2 year old son couldn't walk straight after taking this drug- he had to hold onto the stair rail and that was to go up the stairs! He started acting irritable, complaining about the tag in his shirt and literally spinning around because he felt "funny." | I'm so irritated that the company gets to put that less then 1% of pediatric patients had adverse side effects like these yet there is evidence that in as many as 51% of kids in London had side effects! If there was ever any doubts that the FDA wasn't financially supported by the drug companies to say what they want I would say this website is proof. | M | 3 | 3 days 45mg 2X D | 1/29/2011 | 1 | H1N1 | My 6 year old became extremely hyper, would not listen to me. He has never acted like that before. Very strange behavior... like he was on speed. I took him off the Tamiflu after the first day. | M | 6 | 1 days 12 mg 2X D | 1/26/2011 | 3 | Positive for Flu Type B | Irritability, Cranky, nightmares, aggressive | My 4 1/2 yr old daughter tested positive for Flu Type B even though she received the flu shot 3 months prior. She was prescribed tamiflu and the first 2 doses worked really well for her. It was almost like she'd never even had the flu the following morning b/c there was no signs of fever, aches or pains. In the days following she's become more aggressive, irritable, and cranky. She hasn't slept well in a 3 nights waking up crying uncontrollably and unable to explain her dreams. Her Dr. said that there might be side effects but wouldn't go into detail b/c he knew I would object to the medicine. She already has a history of night terrors but this medicine seems to have increased them in number. I would rather have her wait it out next time instead of giving her tamiflu in the future. I did make sure that she had something in her stomach when she took it and she did not have any vomiting or diarehea either. | F | 4.5 | 4 days 45 mg 2X D | 1/7/2011 | 2 | Preventative for Flu | Bald Spot | My 6 year old daughter took Tamiflu and had a bald spot on her head the next day. I don't know it it's related, but wanted to know if anyone else had this side effect. | F | 6 | 1 days 30mg 1X D | 1/5/2011 | 1 | Tested positive for flu | painful itching hives, rash, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea | Do NOT recommend this product. My daughter had to get epi & decadron shot. Now she is on prednisone for couple of days. It's painful to watch my child suffer like this!!!! This medicine should not be available!!! | F | 5 | 2 days 45 mg 2X D | 1/1/2011 | 2 | H1N1 | Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, odd behavior, joint pain | My 2 yr old daughter was prescribed the drug by her pediatrician on Christmas Eve when she was diagnosed with H1N1. The first two days, she tolerated it well and her flu symptoms subsided. Fever was gone, but respiratory symptoms still there. Day three, she vomited 1-2 hours after the each dose, did not sleep well, and was very irritable. Now today (day 4), she is still vomiting and has horrible diarrhea, and is very clingy. She will be fine one minute and the next she will be crying and wanting to be held. It seems that no matter how I hold her or what position she is in, she is not comfortable. She has also been making a strange smacking sound with her mouth and complaining of joint pain. Her pediatrician did not mention the horrible side effects, nor did the pharmacist. We left the day after Christmas for a ski trip so I am not able to get a signal to contact her doctor & inquire about side effects & if I should continue giving her the drug. After reading the comments on this website, I am definitely going to discontinue the medicine & will treat her symptoms with OTC meds. I do not recommend this medication at all, now I worry that she may develop some of the other side effects I have read about or that the ones she has will persist. | F | 2 | 3.5 days 12 2X D | 12/27/2010 | 1 | Influenza b | Gvn to my son 2.5yrs for 5 dyas. Reduced flu symptoms n fever after 2 doses. My son had a relapse of flu b attack. Given second time I stopped the Medici e midway as my son got more violent. I would advice parents to think carefully before deciding to give the drug to young ones. | M | 2.5 | 5 days 30 mg 2X D | 5/6/2010 | 4 | swine flu | diarrhea and skin rash | Tamiflu worked great it brought my one year olds fever from 104dg to 100dg by day two. He got diarrhea on second day along with a rash by day three. He was sleepy, but could be from the flu. This medication worked well and I would use it again if I had to. He was also prescribed omnicef for precautions so the side effects could be from that medication. When his flu swab came back positive for swine flu I gave him 2 doses that day of 30 mg. and he was showing sighns of improvement by day two. I read the post on this medication after giving him this medication and was freaked out by what was being said about this drug. Thank god he did not experiance any of those symptons, those symptoms could possibly be from the flue itself. | M | 1 | 5 days 2X D | 4/11/2010 | 1 | H1N1 | Strange behavior, vocal tics, aggression, hallucinations | Last November (09) my six year old son was prescribed Tamiflu for possible H1N1 flu. After the first dose, his fever spiked to 104 and he was very lethargic and refused anything by mouth. By the next morning, his fever was down and he was feeling better. BUT, the next day he started acting violent and trying to hurt himself. He also started whispering words to himself. In the following weeks he developed several vocal tics which were severe enough that we couldn't leave the house. We took him to his Pedi, a neurologist, and had several tests done. There was no explanation for his odd behavior other than the Tamiflu. Our Pedi told us that it does have neuro-psychotic side effects and that it should eventually go away. It's been almost five months and he still has some residual tics. If I had known about the potential side effects, I would have NEVER given my young son this drug. | M | 6 | 5 days 45mg 2X D | 4/11/2010 | 1 | H1N1 | My 11 year old daughter was given the tamiflu for H1N1 in October, 2009. Shortly after each dose, she would experience severe dizziness. She did not have a high fever that would cause the dizziness. I called the drs. office and they recommended to keep taking the medication. Her dizziness continued. Since she has been off the medication, over 2 months, she has been experiencing dizziness, audio hallucinations and a ton of anxiety. We have been to her pediatrician, ENT twice, CT scan, Neurologist twice and now psychologist! I am so upset this horrific drug has caused all this!! Does anyone have similar symptoms or can help us. No one seems to know what to do, since this drug hasn't been given to children in these high numbers until this Swine Flu Scare! | Horrible fall out from this horrible drug! It needs to be taken off the market! We have been to several drs. and specialists! This drug has caused dizziness, anxiety and hallucinations and its been over 2 months since taking the drug. Please help if anyone has any helpful information! | F | 11 | 5 days | 1/1/2010 | 4 | Influenza A, H1N1 | loss of appetite | My 2 yr old son was diagnosed with Influenza A and the doctor prescribed Tamiflu. We started the meds asap and he did vomit after the first dose. The doctor said he would. Other than that, he tolerated the medicine very well and recovered after about 3 days, but continued with a cough for about a week. I read this website after I gave him his first dose and was really freaked out by all of the terrible reviews so wanted to leave a positive one. | M | 2 | 5 days | 12/27/2009 | 1 | Suspected H1N1 | My son was perscribed tamiflu because his symptoms were "textbook" for swine flu (even though his nasal swab was negative). He seemed to tolerate his first dose well, but the second and third dose are a COMPLETELY different story. He was up all night vomiting, dry heaving and having diarrhea. Prior to starting tamiflu he had none of these symptoms. I do not know if the tamiflu offered him any relief from the fever and body aches, and if it did I would say the new symptoms are harder on him than the fever and cough. My husband and I stopped the tamiflu after the third dose, and although he still has a fever and cough, the vomiting and diarrhea are gone. I would not reccomend tamiflu to my worst enemy!! | Our regular pediatrician perscribed tamiflu for my son. | M | 3 | 1.5 days | 12/20/2009 | 4 | flu type A | My 18 month old daughter was diagnosed with type A flu so the doctor prescribed tamiflu for twice a day for 5 days. The first night I gave it to her she pretty much spit it all out, then the second time was better and so on, But she still HATES the taste. The second day I gave it to her her fever went down pretty well but every day after that she was super cranky and clingy even though I don't think she was that ill anymore. Also she wouldn't eat food very well and she would wake up crying at night, Not sure if all of this was the tamiflu but it was all out of the ordinary so I think it was. I think this stuff helps but remember everybody is different. | F | 1 | 5 days | 12/12/2009 | 1 | flu most likely h1n1 | my five year old son threw up the medicine within 15 minutes of taking it. three hours later he was hallucinating and talking to non-existent people. | prescribed by ER doctor | M | 5 | 0 days | 12/11/2009 | 3 | Suspected flu w/underlying asthma | Severe vomiting within 20 minutes of taking the medication and with each subsequent dose, diahrrea, behavioral changes - increased agitation and confusion. My daughter just sat staring at me at one point and would not respond to her name the first couple times I said it. She was supposed to take it for 5 days, I stopped it after 2 as her fever had disappeared after the first 24 hours on the drug. I believe the drug worked, but the side effects I'm not sure were worth it, unless you truly know your child is very sick and at risk. I hope there will be no long term impact. | Prescribed for my 3 yo daughter. Brought her to her doctor within 24 hours of developing productive cough, headache, lethargy and fever of 101.9F. Daughter had been been exposed to flu at her daycare where 9 other kids had been out sick. After exam, doctor having heard wheezing in her left lung determined to put her on Tamiflu as a precautionary. She said if she had not heard the wheezing she likely would have waited longer. | F | 3 | 2 days | 12/7/2009 | 1 | swine flu | my 3 yr old crying unable to understand what her needs where, turned into a completly different child, vomit about 10 mins after taking capsule in a drink | did online check and got tablets from tesco | F | 3 | 2 days | 12/6/2009 | 2 | suspected swine flu | Vomited 1.5 hours after first dose. Flu symptoms improved dramatically the next day. No vomiting after further doses, but horrible moodiness, crying, irrational behaviour, nighttime waking (though this MAY have been due to the flu itself?). | It was unclear whether our son should finish the full course of tamiflu, like you would have to do with antibiotics, so we kept on in the face of awful behavioural/personality changes in our son. We will now stop the drug immediately as the flu symptoms are nearly gone, and the alternative changes have been very scary. | M | 3 | 4 days | 12/4/2009 | 3 | Flu symptoms | My 8 month old daughter was prescribed this to take for 5 days. She will not eat with this medicane and she sleeps all the time. But when she is awake she still has her normal energy level. | Her pediatrician prescribed this. | F | 0 | 5 days | 12/3/2009 | 1 | my son was diagnosed w/h1n2 | My son started feeling sick on the 27th of Oct at 3am when he began vomiting every two hours... almost like clockwork. He had a 102.5 fever and liquid stools. I called his pediatrician the next morning to get him an appointment, they said to bring him down as soon as possible. We did that and they diagnosed him with the h1n1 virus and strep throat. The prescribed him tamiflu and amoxicillin. Both in pill form. He is 8 and had trouble swallowing the pills and would throw them right up. I had to call the doctor's office back up and the pharmacy and finally was able to get the amoxicillin in liquid form... the tamiflu they said to open the capsule and mix it with applesauce or pudding... now I don't imagine either one of those being easy on a stomach when vomiting is present. But I did it. Two weeks went by and he'd finished both medicines and was still feeling the same minus the vomiting. I called the office and they said give it a few more days and if there is no improvement to | information on his gender and age | M | 8 | 10 days | 11/30/2009 | 1 | My child was taking Tamiflu for flu | My 2 1/2 year old has been very weird acting and cranky. He has unusual behavior from banging his head on the wall/floor, screaming, throwing, hitting to laughing uncontrollably. I do not recommend Tamiflu. I know 2 year olds have temper tantrums but this went beyond a typical tantrum. | My two year old was tested for h1n1 and tested positive and Tamiflu was prescribed by pediatrician. | M | 2 | 3 days | 11/21/2009 | 2 | H1N1 | My 10 year old daughter was given it due to H1N1. She had a 104.5 fever and after taking the medication, the fever did go down but a low grade one lingered. She is experiencing confusion, feeling very down and doesn't want to leave the house, and have four ulcers in her mouth. I wish I hadn't given her the medication. | We got the prescription from the after hours clinic in Marin County, CA. | F | 10 | 5 days | 11/20/2009 | 4 | H1N1 Symptoms | I gave it to my 15 month old after fevers up to 104.7, never below 102, cough, runny nose. "grumpiness". He slept constantly 20 out of 24 hours. Cried when awake. Diarrhea come day 2 of tamiflu. Nothing horrible like some of these posts say. He now has a rash over most of his body. So we are giving benadryl w/tamiflu. rash could be from the HIGH temps too. I am pleased and would give again if I had to. NO more sick baby!!! | M | 1 | 5 days | 11/18/2009 | 1 | fever 101.2 and head ache | my 12year old daughter was prescribed tamiflu by her doctor for fever 101.2 and headache.(flu like symptoms). After day 3 her glands behind her ears were swollen and painful, called advise nurse and they said it was just from her body fighting whatever she had and to continue with tamiflu, after the next dose the swelling increased and she had big lymph nodes and pain getting worse. Had the doctor check her again next day.He said, She developed Parotid glands(mumps) and he advised to stop tamiflu.Swelling seemed to stop after tamiflu was stoped and it is day 3 after tamiflu has been stopped, and her nodes have not gone down yet, she missed a week of school and couldn't do anything ,doctor said will take time for it to go away. She still is in pain but subsiding and cannot move her head freely. I do not recomend tamiflu. | regular doctor | F | 12 | 4 days | 11/18/2009 | 1 | Flu Type A | My 9yr old daughter started taking Tamiflu. Three days after she had to stop taking the Tamiflu because she started experiencing feeling paranoid, insomnia, agitation, nausea, aching all over, headache, joint neck and muscle pain, crying uncontrobably, feeling of something being wrong, dizzy, shakiness, disconnected, irritability, she says she feels like she is going crazy. Now has a sinus infection and fluid behind both ears on top of all of this that hasn't went away and now been fourteen days since she stopped the medicine. What kind of medicine is this, it has helped nothing and caused tons of problems. She always has been a very laid back child with straight A's now she is so unhappy from all of this going on it's like she is depressed and constantly says mommy when is this going to go away. I have no answers and no one can seem to give me any. | I contacted the FDA by email and they basically gave me the run around but said I would have to report this and gave me the website so I am going to attach it so everyone can do the same if they would like it is . We now have a new way to report directly to MedWatch via the Internet. You can find a link to the Internet voluntary reporting form by going to the MedWatch homepage www.fda.gov/medwatch/index.html) , and then click on "Submit a Serious Medical Product Report Online". In addition, if you would like to report your adverse experience directly to the MedWatch Program, please call 1-800-FDA-1088. Alternatively, you can call our Office of Drug Information at 301-796-3400, and request that a MedWatch packet be sent to you. Please be sure to include as much information on the product, such as manufacturer, NDC number, lot number. | F | 9 | 3 days | 11/17/2009 |