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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TAMIFLU | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 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 day | 3/11/2011 | 1 | influenza b | extreme nausea, vomiting,sharp stomach pains, confusion | M | 9 | 1 days 1 tsp 2X day | 3/9/2011 |