TAMIFLU Reviews (OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (1390 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TAMIFLU with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TAMIFLU | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Flu | Kind of had hot flashes in the night. Loose stool every single day that i've taken it (however only got the loose stool at night) Stomach rumbled a lot while having a bowel moment. This medicine works really well! I felt sooo much better the end of the second day. The only real bad symptom I guess is the loose stool. However I can say for sure that tamiflu did help me clean out my tummy too. Great medicine! | 19 | 7 days 75 2X day | 2/21/2018 | 5 | Severe headache, body aches, fever. | Excema symptoms, minor hives. | Was unable to maintain hydration until tamiflu. Extreme relief within 3 hours. | 5 days Standard | 2/11/2017 | 5 | Diagnosed with flu | geeling better, somewhat gassy | Wonderful. Felt awful fever chills, pain, cough by second dose saw significant improvement, chills and pain gone, cough manageable, by day 3 able to get up and function | 40 | 5 days 75 | 2/20/2017 | 4 | Diagnosed with the flu | Night sweats, mild dizziness, thirst | This medication did get rid of most symptoms headache, fever, body aches | 45 | 1 days 75mg | 1/15/2020 | 4 | prophylaxis | mild to moderate headache. | I work at a health care facility that had an influenza outbreak, and employees were offered tamiflu. | 47 | 10 days 75 1X day | 3/10/2011 | 4 | Flu | Both my children and I are on tamiflu - negative side effects were vomiting after 3rd dose, irritability, and being wound up and sleeping poorly (children) for me - so far I feel nausous and a little out of sorts | My 5 year old son came down with a runny nose monday morning which then morphed into a cough and very low grade fever tuesday night - and 11:30 I gave him his first dose of tamiflu being scared of missing the 48 hour window - with the 3rd dose he had a severe vomiting spell - so I called the Dr who prescribed Zofran for the vomiting - and I skipped a day of treatment - this did the trick and he has never gotten sick since - I do think I barely missed the cut-off for giving him the medicine and the benefits were few - he had a fever for 8 days - my 2 year old, however, was given tamiflu within 4 hours of showing ANY symptoms and she was happy and fine the entire 3 days that she was sick - it was a miracle drug for her and she did not have any of the tummy issues with it - all in all i think its a great drug if A. its started within the first few hours of symptoms and B its tolerated well in the tummy which seems to vary person to person | 40 | 5 days | 11/9/2009 | 4 | Influenza A | My son was given this after testing positive for influenza A. He started it about a day and a half after symptoms started. He was so sick...this was the scariest sickness ever. After his 4th dose, he broke out in hives. So I discontinued it. It worked though and he started feeling better after the third dose. | I also took it as a preventative and am still taking it. No terrible side effects for me. Anything would be better than the flu. I've never seen someone so sick. | 2 | 2 days 2x/day | 12/17/2014 | 3 | Type B flu and sinus infection. | Diarrhea and rolling intestines. Weakness not sure from flu or diarrhea. | 60 | 3 days | 1/27/2018 | 3 | Diagnosed with Influenza type A | Absolute fatigue. Vertigo type sensations. Aching thighs/legs. And the craziest dreams. Could have been caused by the flu but really doubt it. Felt very very strange all week whilst on it! | 48 | 5 days 75MG 2X day | 2/25/2012 | 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 | 2 | 1 days | 12/9/2013 | 2 | Girlfriend was diagnosed with flu | Day one she vomited 5 times and had diarrhea. Day two she said she felt "high" or "loopy." Described it as "awake but don't feel like it." We were more consistent with ibuprofen to break the fever and cure the headache. | Don't take it. Get proper rest and fluids and use ibuprofen or tylenol to cure the headache and fever. | 2 days 2X day | 2/15/2017 | 1 | 1X day | 3/8/2016 | 1 | Flu | I noticed in a couple of hours of my 3rd dose I felt so nauseous which I had not felt prior to taking. I noticed my vision was off a bit and that I was wide awake in the middle of the night. My taste buds seem off and things smelled strange to me. I wouldn't recommend this medication to anyone and the cost is obnoxious. | 45 | 2 days 75MG 2X day | 3/11/2016 | 1 | H1N1, diabetic | Horrific, vivid nightmares after taking 4 doses. | I take Prozac for depression and OCD. I will never take this again. | 2.5 days | 10/5/2009 | 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 | Preventative to reduce flu effects | Stomach cramps, other body torso pains. | I'm responding because I started taking tamiflu 4 days ago as a preventative measure and have developed stomach cramps, some torso pains and cramps. Don't know if the torso cramps and pains are attributable to tamiflu. I stopped taking tamiflu today. I'm 73. My suggestions: 1. If your situation is very bad, call the tamiflu company or email as "urgent" and tell them what the situation is. Ask if they have any remedy. 2. Call or get in touch with the CDC in Atlanta, give them the lo-down. Ask for remedies. 3. Find a good doctor. 4. Go to a hospital for help as needed. In the interim: 5. Try to cleanse your body system with hydration. Take soup portions all day long. This should consist of broth's, vegetables and some easily digestible proteins such as small and not a lot of quantity of chicken (buy a small cooked one and take shreds) or white fish such as flounder, garlic, bok choi (Chinese cabbage - any will do), scallions, 3 table spoons of parsley, etc. Do use a small amount of salt, to keep up your electrolytes. Drink, or soup up lots of fluids 3 to 5 or 6 times a day. Clean out your system. Stay away from binding foods such as bread, crackers, beef, pork or even lamb with or without soup, do eat a few crackers that were made with an oil to help lubricate on elimination. I am using a package of Ramen noodles. I triple the amount of water called for in my soup pot as too much salt affects my blood pressure. I use only half | 73 | 4 days | 6/18/2009 | 5 | 14 yr old daughter had swine flu | She did experience a bit of nausea and has a rash on hip-we are not sure if the rash is from meds or not. Also, nausea-could have just been another flu sypmtom. | My daughter was extremely ill and within 2 days of taking the Tamiflu she was just about 100% better,still had to be isolated in her room but we truly believe without the Tamiflu this would have been a completely different scenrio-it would have lasted much longer and could have gotten worse. | F | 14 | 5 days | 6/22/2009 | 5 | influenza A | no side effects. | My fever and chest congestion were gone within 18 hours of starting Tamiflu. My husband and son did mention a little nausea if they didn't eat before taking the medicine. A lot of the people who had leg pain while taking Tamiflu for the flu may have have muscle aches from the flu itself. That is one of the symptoms of the flu. | F | 51 | 2 days | 6/29/2009 | 5 | H1N1 Swine flu | I experienced no side effects | My family and I were in New York last week and my son was suppose to have a simple surgery. Well that did not happen because he had a sore throat and fever by the time we got to New York. The doctor said we would have to reschedule and gave us all a prescription for Tamifle. He said there was a pandemic of flu in New york. My son started on the medicine and did not become ill. Five days later I became sick with a headache, sore throat, dry cough and severe body aches. I started on the tamifle and felt 100% within 2 days. I was thankful for the tamiflu. I have not had the flu since 1987. | F | 51 | 5 days | 7/7/2009 |
TAMIFLU (OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE): Oseltamivir is used to treat symptoms caused by the flu virus (influenza). It helps make the symptoms (such as stuffy nose, cough, sore throat, fever/chills, aches, tiredness) less severe and shortens the recovery time by 1-2 days. This medication may also be used to prevent the flu if you have been exposed to someone who already has the flu (such as a sick household member) or if there is a flu outbreak in the community. Talk to your doctor for more details. This medication works by stopping the flu virus from growing. It is not a substitute for the flu vaccine. (See also Notes section.) FDA Approval Date: 1999-10-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)