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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TAMIFLU | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | FLU | Disorientation, irrational thoughts, paranoia, anxiety, depression, confusion, memory loss, inability to concentrate, insomnia, restlessness, skin sensations, loss of appetite, hallucinations | By my second full day on the medication, I started experiencing the side effects described. I believe Tamiflu somehow disrupts the chemical balance in the brain, especially for those who are prone to anxiety, or whose brains haven't completely developed (children). Maybe it crosses the blood brain barrier causing damage? I discontinued the medication after my 4th dose and continued having effects days after discontinuation. I didn't sleep or eat for a full 48 hours! I literally thought I was going crazy and felt as though I would be "stuck" in that state permanently! Doctor said it was a rare reaction and to wait 72 hours for the drug to exit my system. He prescribed Xanax to relieve the anxiety and to help me sleep. The relief from the anxiety was almost immediate after xanax and my appetite returned about 3 days after my last dose of Tamiflu. Unfortunately, the "trippy" brain stuff remained for close to a year, like I was on a permanent acid trip with scary altered perceptions and thoughts, and it completely destroyed my metabolic homeostasis-weight loss, energy depletion, sleep disruptions, etc. Better now several years later but it changed my life! Email is provided if you want more info. | F | 46 | 2 days 75 mg 2X day | 12/20/2022 | 1 | Influenza A | The first day after taking Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) I start filling like some itching in some parts of my body. And I tried again the medication next day to see it was that and I feel the same symptom and I stopped the medication. | F | 51 | 2 days 75mg 2X day | 12/17/2022 | 1 | Flu a | Didn't have any issues taking it until day 4- then I was vomiting and nauseous. Stopped taking it and two days later still nauseous, high anxiety, and loose stools - feel worse than when I had the flu- | Don't recommend | F | 31 | 5 days 2X day | 12/15/2022 | 1 | Flu | My daughter took one dose at about 7:30 in the evening. By 2 in the morning she was having uncontrollable nose bleeds. She finally woke me up at 4 when they wouldn't stop. When I went into the bathroom with her she was on the floor and could not remember how she got on the floor. She stood back up over the sink and seconds later she was fainting again luckily I was in the bathroom with her to catch her so she didn't hit her head on the sink. We went to ER and was then advised of the side effects of the drug. Since then she still gets dizzy and lightheaded. She's scared to go to the bathroom without me and to be honest I'm scared for her to move without me. I will never take or give this drug to my children again. | F | 17 | 1 days 75 1X day | 12/10/2022 | 1 | Influenza A | Hallucinations, Delusions, very scary experience for a 10 year old who took the drug, effects lasted 2 days, flu was not improved | M | 10 | 1 days 20MG 1X day | 11/1/2020 | 1 | INFLUENZA B | It did make me feel like I had a hallucination but could have been flu. | This drug did not help at all even taking it I was sick for 30+ days. I'm a healthy individual and have perfect levels in my blood. To me this dragged the flu out besides making it shorter. Then when I stopped, I felt fine a few days and got sick again for two more weeks. So, my opinion its like it slows the duplication of the virus and when you stop it boom it goes back to duplicating fast. So it dragged my flu out. Not only that, but I felt horrible. I mean I never was this sick in my life. I'm just glad this season I can't catch B again because its more rare and obviously vicious. | M | 33 | 10 days 75 2X day | 9/25/2020 | 1 | H1N1 | Nausea, anxiety, feeling paranoid, i was also seeing things, i wouldn't recommend taking this to anyone. | F | 17 | 30 days 2X day | 7/11/2020 | 1 | Prevent getting flu from wife | Racing heart, delirious, nightmares, shallow breathing. My breathing grew worse every day so I quit taking it after 4 days. Breathing gradually got worse even after stopping medicine. Ended up in ER two weeks later with heart failure. Have had every heart test done and it's a small chance that I recover from this within a year. If no improvement, I may need heart transplant. | If you are considering taking this, do not do it unless you have no other choice! | M | 47 | 4 days 1xD | 4/7/2020 | 1 | Ingluenza B flu | Nausea, headaches, vomitting | I took 9 out 10 pills recommended to treat the flu. In day 4 and 5 I ve experienced hours of anxiety. But the surprise comes after like 2 weeks when I started to have very strong panic attacks, pain in my heart and in body, depression, high anxiety, with no other reason to feel like this. Thing that used to make me happy, like doing my job, go to the gym, have my friend around now seem a non sense to me. Hope it will pass with therapy | F | 33 | 5 days 75mg | 3/5/2020 | 1 | Influenza A | Night Terrors, hallucinations, confusion, leg pain | M | 5 | 1 days 6 mg/ml 1X day | 3/5/2020 | 1 | Influenza A | First day was fine took with food. Second day couldn’t eat and took anyway. Big mistake. Nauseous and vomited twice and counting. First time was clear liquid, second was green. Prescription recommendations said take with or without food. Do not recommend Tamiflu!! | F | 50 | 2 days 30 | 2/27/2020 | 1 | Flu | My child had hallucinations. Would stare into space & not be able to answer us for a few minutes. | Wouldn't recommend this drug. This happened on more than one occasion. She took it when she was 6 and 8, but wasn't able to communicate that she was having hallucinations. But a few years later she could tell us the awful hallucinations and nauseous effects of tamiflu. | F | 11 | 0 days Child dose | 2/15/2020 | 1 | Subjected to the flu | It's done more harm than good for my son. Headaches, Dizzy and severe stomach pain. He is no longer going to be taking it. Has anyone found anything to help with the stomach pains? | M | 10 | 4 days 10 mg | 2/12/2020 | 1 | Influenza | I feel as though it is helping the flu symptoms, however i am experiencing a significant brain fog that makes me not be able to think clearly . | I would not recommend taking this | M | 34 | 2 days 2X day | 1/29/2020 | 1 | Flu | Very ill with severe case of flu and have autoimmune disease , doc gave me RX for tamiflu on second day. First dose caused SEVERE headache, thought I was having a stoke, temp rose quickly to 102.3 after taking it then severe vomiting and heaving, After I threw up fever went down and headache resolved, I will never take this medicine again, horrible side effects worse than having the flu even a severe case. This is the fifth day of having flu, 102.8 temp today, still coughing and runny nose, headache. | F | 64 | 0 days 30mg | 1/16/2020 | 1 | Very bad flu | Sweating profusely/pain above my ribs and below my chest never had it before/too weak to do anything/felt worse and three weeks to feel better/chronic constipation/ | This medicine should not be on the market surely the pharmaceuticals can discover something with no side effects. | F | 59 | 5 days | 1/12/2020 | 1 | Flu | Landed in ER not from flu (which I knew I had) but from severe abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea caused by Tamiflu according to the doctors. I have never felt pain that strong. Waves of pain so strong I wanted to die. Symptoms started on the fifth day of taking Tamiflu. Also experienced uncontrollable crying. | I will never, ever taken it again. The flu was much easier to deal with than Tamiflu. And here I am more than a week later and I still hav the flu. It did nothing to shorten the sickness. | F | 42 | 5 days | 1/7/2020 | 1 | Flu | Diahrrea, cold sweats, dizziness, headaches and insomnia. This is almost as bad as taking antibiotics. I feel miserable. I'll take Immodium for the diahrrea and will just have to let this flu run its course. | M | 66 | 3 days 75 | 1/3/2020 | 1 | Flu | Lack of Appetite, Lack of Sleep, Stomach Pains | Only have taken 1 1/2 days worth and that’s it for me. The stomach pains below my rib cage are unreal. They come and go. Sometimes seems to get better when you eat but come right back. Keeps me up all night. This drug should not be allowed to be presicribed. Think the side affects are worse then the flu itself. | M | 26 | 2 days 75MG | 11/28/2019 | 1 | Influenza A | Extreme insomnia, severe headache to the point I was in tears, lower abdominal pains, and diarrhea every 15 minutes. | I would not recommend tamiflu to my worst nightmare. There are natural ways to fight off infections like the flu that won’t leave you with constant diarrhea and discomfort for days. The flu is awful but taking tamiflu has made it 10x worse. I can’t sleep because I’m going to the bathroom constantly and I can’t eat because that too makes me have to use the restroom. What I don’t get is why they even prescribe this stuff? 1 day less of flu symptoms is not worth the sleepless nights. REST IS THE BEST MEDICINE. Tamiflu needs to be discontinued. | F | 27 | 2 days 3x75mg | 11/21/2019 |
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)