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 |
| 2 | Flu | Nausea, dizziness, weakness, insomnia, bad cough, black stool, cloudy vision, felt drunk, felt high. It did help wirth the flu symptoms but I don't think this is a safe drug. The doctor or pharmacist never told me about the possible side effects. I would have been better off going to the hospital with a IV. Will never miss getting a flu shot again. Has me feeling like a crackhead! I'm in day 3 of five and not liking how its making me feel. Any lawyers out there on this hit me up. | M | 36 | 5 days 75mg | 1/1/2014 | 5 | influenza | Insomnia was pretty rough. Dizziness on and off while taking it,yesterday was last dose and dizziness is worse today. Noticed on day 2 that my tongue was a lil coated,but with all that, can't complain much cause I was very sick with the flu and the Tamiflu surely beats the alternative.I seriously thought I would die from my cough, glad that crapp is history! | F | 50 | 5 days 75mg | 12/31/2013 | 1 | Positive flu test | Insomnia; Dizzyness; Sensation of spinning or whirling; "Brain Fog" ; Bizarre, vivid dreams; Diarrhea; Head pain (different type of pain to what I'd had before taking Tamiflu); Joint pain; Restlessness | For the first time in over 2 decades of no flu shots and not having the flu in all that time, I got the flu from my daughter. I started taking Tamiflu within the 24 hour window of my first symptoms. (Just a few days after my daughter was diagnosed and confirmed with the flu.) It is well over a week later, and minus a fever, I am just as sick with my flu symptoms as I was at the beginning. But now, I have all these other negative symptoms. I cannot sleep, and sleep is essential when fighting the flu and other illnesses. I quit taking Tamiflu, but now have to wait for the med to cycle out of my system. I will never take this medication again. The insomnia alone outweighs any "benefits" in my decision to refuse this medication in the future. I respect others choice to take it, and while it's great that some people have had no side effects and got over their flu having taken Tamiflu... I, for one, will not recommend it to anyone, and if I ever have the flu again, I will definitely refuse to take this medication. | F | 41 | 1 weeks 75 mg 2X day | 12/31/2013 | 4 | Positive flu swab | Very gassy burping and farting, along with bloated feeling. Loss of appetite. Diarrhea. Body aches and fever were gone in 24 hrs, 72 hrs body was ok but the sore throat and mucus still lingerend but not as bad as day one. Very expensive! 140 if you don't have insurence. A bit of nose sensitivity but that might be from the oral decongestant taken along with it. | Overall effective, minor discomforts dr ordered me to stay home over the weekend, but felt well enought to go back to work sunday | F | 25 | 5 days 75mg 2X day | 12/29/2013 | 4 | Flu-tested positive | Stomach pain and diarhea, but flu symptoms greatly lessened within hours. People need to remember that the flu itself and other drugs( ie NyQuill) can cause psychological changes. I had the flu 2 years ago with no Tamiflu and had hallucinations. Just sayin. | F | 36 | 5 days 2xD | 12/29/2013 | 1 | Flu | Horrible nightmares Throwing up | M | 14 | 2 days | 12/27/2013 | 1 | flu | 8 year old son woke up 2 day after taking medicine with itchy bumps under his arm. Fast forward 5 days later rash has spread all over his body. Doctor does not know how to get rid of it. I feel so bad for giving him this medicine. | M | 8 | 2 days 20 1X day | 12/27/2013 | 4 | Flu | Only thing was if i didn't eat with it i would throw up. Other than that nothing at all! My 5 year old was on it also and was over the flu in 2 days!! I've heard and read all the review on people having bad reactions so I was scared at first! | F | 32 | 5 days 75 | 12/25/2013 | 1 | Influenza a | SCARY! Would NEVER give to my family. This was my first time taking tamiflu. I had zero experience with it outside of the fact that some people spoke about it as a wonder drug that stops the flu quickly (rather than potentially shaving 1.3 days off the end). I took it for 3 days. I had hardcore nightmares (been sleeping all day and night for 4 days) and hallucinations. Mentioned them to several folks... Never occurred to me they might be associated with tamiflu. Extremely intense nightmares and hallucinations. SCARY! Dangerous. Just started to watch Charlie Brown Christmas special and before it began...there was a tamiflu commercial stating side effects of "abnormal behavior"... So, not being used to that phrase and considering my hallucinations and nightmares, I googled "tamiflu abnornal behavior". Pages and pages of hallucinations and nightmares. Called my pharmacist who told me to stop taking it immediately and call doctor who told me to stop taking it forever. That was it. They both seemed confused and didn't say anything else. I would NEVER allow people I cared about to take this, EVEN if they had had before and didn't seem affected by it negatively. Not after what I went through (I realize I appear to be an extreme exception) and definitely not after reading pages and pages on google on the subject. People hurting other people, walking off balconies, screaming and running away from imaginary people, accidents. Now, starting | M | 41 | 3 days 75mg (2xd) | 12/21/2013 | 1 | influenza A | Within 15 minutes, my daughter broke out in a sweat heat to toe. Woke up hallucinating; yelling and crying for me to stop rubbing her back and touching her. I was 5+ feet away. Five min later she was crying because of a horribly loud noise. Our house was dead quiet. She then threw up just once. 30 minutes later he eyelids began to swell. Talking to her was like talking to a brick wall...blank stares and disoriented. I have been up all night with her, too afraid to sleep. Benadryl has not helped the eyes. They are extremely swollen. We will be returning to the pediatricians office first thing in the morning and I will NEVER give this expensive POISON to my children again. This is a HORRIBLE drug. We will just live with the flu next time. Praying my daughters eyelids will not be the source of another medical issue....very worried. | F | 4 | 1 days | 12/17/2013 | 4 | influenza | within 24 hours feeling relief from aches and pain in entire body. continue with sneezing and coughing. | Currently the second day but having mid back pain that is worse with heat and a little relief with cold. I am undecided about continuing as I read that back pain can be an adverse reaction, but am not sure if the pain is from the drug or from coughing for several days. I will continue with the drug because my flu symptoms were severe. | F | 69 | 2 days 75 2X day | 12/14/2013 | 2 | 1 days | 12/9/2013 | 5 | Doctor prescribed it | No side effects | Symptoms included chills, aches, and fever at 101 F. Felt really bad. Went to Dr immediately and started taking Tamiflu, Zpack, and cough syrup. I had no coughing or sneezing etc. No flu swab done because the Dr. stated that in first 24 hours it often yields a false negative result. Also had a toothache and some sinus pressure symptoms and had experienced a head ache for several days prior to onset of chills. If I did indeed have the flu, tamiflu is a miracle drug. My fever broke within 4 hours and I slept well. Felt a little tired the next day. As I write this on second day, I feel great and I am head to work soon. I have had no side effects as described on this page. My impression is that if taken very early, like the first few hours, the results could be fantastic. | M | 60 | 2 days 75 mg 2X day | 12/5/2013 | 1 | Flu | Vomiting, diarrhea, blood in stool | Not worth the pain of the last day. As an immunosupressed patient, I would have rather risked the complications. | F | 24 | 5 days 30mg 1X day | 11/18/2013 | 1 | Flu A, Dr. prescribed tamiflu | Nausea, vomiting, insomnia, weakness, chest tightness, difficulty breathing | I am SO PISSED that neither the dr. NOR the pharmacist told me of the side effects I might experience. I went into the dr just wanting to know why I was sick. I am not the type of person who pushes for antibiotics or any meds. I had no idea Tamiflu was an antiviral drug, I thought it was just something to help flu symptoms like "Theraflu". I am disappointed in my dr and pharmacist for just throwing this at me without the full info. I am a healthy adult and there is NO REASON I should have been given this stupid drug. I will NEVER take it again and I'm telling everyone I know if they are diagnosed with the flu to never take this horrible drug. Why in the world do I want to add difficulty breathing, having racing thoughts and unable to sleep, vomiting, and nausea on top of my flu symptoms??? HOW STUPID. I started googling "complications from the flu" because I couldn't understand why all of a sudden I was feeling so much WORSE than the day I walked into the dr office with a 102.5 temp!!!!! All of sudden started to seeing all of these horrible reviews people had from taking tamiflu. I am beyond angry that this drug is being handed out so easily. Some people have way scarier reactions than me and I feel so sorry for those people. Most people have a normal immune system to fight a VIRUS just by resting and fluids. We just need to keep putting our reviews out there and spreading the word to people so more people won't be duped into taking this crap. | F | 31 | 5 days 10 pills 2X day | 10/14/2013 | 1 | Flu | fuzzy, foggy brain, anxiety, depression, feeling of "disconnect", fatigue, bouts of confusion and short term memory impairment Ongoing for six months. | PLEASE think twice about taking Tamiflu and PLEASE do not give it to your kids! Do your research!! If you're still not feeling "normal" after taking Tamiflu, join this online group for support: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tamiflu-effects | F | 37 | 2 days 75 2X day | 9/24/2013 | 1 | Type A Flu | Anxiety, confusion, brain fog, diarrhea, gas, bloating and bloody stool | I tested positive for the flu on the first day of my symptoms which was a Sunday. I was told that if I started Tamiflu that day I could shorten the symptoms by like 2 days. I took it twice a day for 5 days and by day 4 had no real flu symptoms left. On day 6, the day after my last dose I started with these crazy "head" symptoms. I also have diarrhea, gas, bloating and bloody stool. I think I would MUCH rather the flu symptoms than to have to be dealing with this. I hope it gets out of my system soon and I start to feel "Normal" again! I will NEVER take this drug again. Having said that, my husband took it prophylactically, once a day for 5 days and has reported no adverse side effects. | F | 49 | 5 days 75mg 2X day | 9/6/2013 | 1 | Influenza A | Nausea, irrationally emotional | F | 30 | 3 days 75mg | 6/27/2013 | 1 | flu | It's 12 midnight. I am unable to sleep eversince I have been on Tamiflu. I want to stop but it's recommended by my doctor to finish all meds. I hate it and I would never be on this medication again. I am easily irritated, too much thoughts in my head. I just want to go back to my normal self , please! | F | 38 | 4 days 75mg | 6/23/2013 | 1 | Early flu symptoms | I had all the worst side effects listed in the drug insert. Severe nausea, horrible stomach ache, headache and dizzyness which last more than two weeks. I also had some bizzare dreams. I would NOT recommend this drug to anyone. The side effects are more severe than the flu. I was absolutely miserable for two+ weeks. By four weeks post-Tamiflu I was much better but my stomach was a mess. Took probiotics to get everything back in balance. | M | 39 | 1 days | 6/21/2013 |