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 | positive test for flu | Took Tamiflu about 3 days into the symptoms. It did not seem to shorten the course of the disease much, but made me high as a kite. Nothing negative at all, just goofy, and my family got a big laugh out of it. This was 2 years ago. This year, I didn't bother to go to the doctor; I knew how to suffer through the symptoms without an expensive Rx. | Sounds like there are psychotropic aspects to Tamiflu that can trigger very bad reactions. Sounds totally inappropriate for children. | F | 58 | 5 days | 5/5/2009 | 2 | flu A | my son was on his third day of this med. and he started telling me his knee hurt, I brushed it off as if he hurt it playing at recess. the next day he complained of extreme leg pain, he kept waking on his tippy toes so not to stretch his legs. I started getting worried and looked up the side effects of this med and am shocked to see all the comments on the leg pain in the children. I am going to stop this med til I can contact my doc.he is also very emotional which is unusual for him. thank you everyone for commenting on the side effects I wish I would have read them first | M | 10 | 3 days | 5/1/2009 | 1 | Type a influenza | My 8 year old daughter woke up from a nap after taking one dose (liquid) of Tamiflu with red dots all over her face and chest and starting complaining of a severe headache and started throwing up with a fever of 106* | A doctor in our group of docs prescribed this after doing a nasal swab and diagnosing infuenza a..she had a fever and chills for about 36 hours or so..102 fever..not too too sick..but enough to take her in..they prescribed Tamiflu liquid..$118 at pharmacy which insurance would not pay..(hint)..gave to her she had symptoms as stated..called doc right away..they said bring her in asap..saw a different doc and he said he could not believe that they woudl prescribe it..put her on antibiotic to fight what Tamiflu was doing to her..he was worried about her hearing..her legs ached...bad dreams...thank god I googled her reaction and it landed me on this site!! I thank everyone for commenting and posting..beacause of you..she is fine today! I will tell everyone and anyone till I am blue in the face about how bad this drug is. walgreens rocks! They refunded our money. If your insurance won't cover a drug..there's a reason...if they will..look it up 1st! | F | 8 | 1 times | 4/27/2009 | 2 | Influenza Diagnosis | GLAD I READ THIS FIRST! | I can't deal well with nausea. For me, flu is terrible but not as much as vomiting. I'm willing to risk side effects like dry mouth, constipation, headache, etc. but this site did scare me into not taking Tamiflu now. There are too many negative posters. As far as people who had little to no problems taking the drug, I would feel better if there were more positive posts. I will research the other common flu drug before I call my doctor back. | F | 37 | 0 days | 4/23/2009 | 1 | Flu | On the third on Tamiflu my son complained of sever leg cramps in the morning but this passed after a while. That night was one of the worst nights of my life. He woke up around 9:00 pm crying. I tried to calm him down and there was no calming him. He complained of severe leg and arm cramps and would not let me touch him. I asked him to calm down and tell me exactly where he hurt but he said he could NOT stop crying. I asked him why he could not stop and he said he didn't know. He would cry for an hour and a half and then basically fall asleep crying. I would nod off and he would be back up in 10-15 minutes screaming in pain for another hour or so. This lasted until 6:00 am the next morning. | I would not give this product to my worst enemy. When I called my doctor he said he did not know of this side effect but to definately stop giving it to him. Please think twice before giving this to your loved one. Please feel free to reach me if you have any questions. I see that this drug has helped many people but I think my family will steer completely away from Tamiflu from now on. | M | 6 | 3 days | 4/6/2009 | 1 | son took due to influenza diagnosis | Nausea onset one hour after first dose. My 8 year old son was sleeping at the time and did not get out of bed or react when he threw up. Continued to lay in bed (in his own vomit!) after throwing up and would not respond to his name. His eyes were open but he was unable to follow one step directions or even talk. He would nod that he understood me but could not follow instructions like "take off your socks" or "get out of bed". | I spend $52 at the pharmacy on this medication for my kids...I will NEVER give this to either one of them again. This was a down right scary experience especially since he has no memory of any of it. I thought he had a seizure....temp was high this afternoon buy has been around 100 degrees w/ Motrin dosage...hope the nausea doesn't last much longer....he feels worse now than before I gave him the med! | F | 30 | 1 times | 4/6/2009 | 1 | My son has the influenza virus | Extremely nauseous, sick stomach feeling, on the verge of vomiting - Not sure if it's related to the nausea problems, but no concentration and lethargic feeling. I would advise against taking this medication. | I am not sick, however the doctor prescribed Tamiflu and advised me to take it because my 2 year old son has the influenza virus. | M | 27 | 2 days | 3/26/2009 | 1 | My son took it due to Influenza B | My entire family gets the flu shot yearly. Last year two of us came down with Influenza A. This year my son was diagnosed with Influenza B. The doctor prescribed Tamiflu to lessen the effects of the influenza. Last year he took it as well, had some vomiting but we contributed that to his coughing so much it made him gag and then vomit. This year shortly after his first dose he came down with horrible stomach cramping and then vomiting. We gave him two more doses at their designated times and his vomiting and stomach pains continued. He is only six years old. I called our family doctor, who did prescribe the Tamiflu yesterday, and she recommended stopping the medication altogether. He had his last dose this morning but still is vomiting from time-to-time and is still suffering from stomach cramps. Hopefully the Tamiflu will be out of his system soon- there is nothing else I can think of that would be causing him this much discomfort and vomiting with this Influenza B. | F | 38 | 2 days | 3/23/2009 | 3 | Flu | Confusion,paranoia,anxiety attack,nightmare. | Never experienced side effects like this!!! I felt like I was about to go insane. Nonetheless, the medicine did help me recover from the flu. It was a 5-day prescription (ten capsules overall). I experienced no side effects until I took the 8th capsule. I woke up in the night screaming from a nightmare. My conscious thoughts were disconcerted and illogical. I couldn't think clearly. For no known reason I felt compelled to lock my bedroom door. My thoughts were racing and skipping between subjects. My brain experience was like watching a disconcerted movie with a fearful, menacing overtone that is composed of multiple spliced scenes from unrelated movies. All I could do was pray to God to protect my mind from harm. After a few hours the side effects subsided allowing me rest and sleep. I'm not going to take the 9th and 10th capsule! | M | 39 | 4 days | 3/16/2009 | 1 | Influenza A | My ten year took this for 5 days along with some other medications. On day 5, the last dose both of her legs from the knees down began to feel funny, then to burn. She then said they felt as if they were being pulled apart on the inside. Both legs below the knees were cold and warm above the knees. We took her to the emergency room and they said they believed it to be a reaction to the Tamiflu. | This is very scary, but we are not truly sure ourselves that it was this medication or another she is on. Just FYI. | F | 10 | 5 days | 3/14/2009 | 1 | preventative | 18 month old and 6 year old, intense vomiting, hallucinations in my 6 year old daughter. loss of apatite, still having occasional hallucinations after a week of not taking a dose. Look up the ingredients on line, I wish we did not give it to our kids, we live in the US and I saw these side effects with my kids. | F | 36 | 5 days | 3/9/2009 | 5 | I felt a little full after taking it, like I had just eaten a big meal. But that's not a big deal. I personally think the vast majority of these negative comments are either a. outright paranoia or b. anti pharma tree huggers who just want to damage pharma reputation. These side effects people claim are RIDICULOUS. One lady claims her son went insane from one dose? Are you kidding me? There are reports online of odd behavior in kids in studies in Japan..but no reports of this in America but yet this woman claims her son went insane. I'm sorry...where is the lawsuit? If your kid really had that reaction she should have pursued legal remedy. I am betting she didn't. | My son was diagnosed with the flu and the er doc wrote be a script for this drug to avoid me getting the flu. I took it with no problems at all. | F | 36 | 10 days | 3/4/2009 | 3 | Flu | Extreme Sweating, fatigue, upset stomach, Irritable | The first day I took it I was extremly tired, I would take a nap, wake up an hour later and would be drenched in sweat ( I rarely sweat.) My stomack felt a little off, and i was in a very irritable mood. | F | 19 | 5 days | 3/4/2009 | 2 | Undiagnosed Flu, really strep | The medication left me very weak, almost to say worstned my symptoms. Finally converted to penecillian but the effects still linger, burning stomach shooting pains can't sleep, it's already been six days. | M | 36 | 3 days | 3/4/2009 | 2 | flu exposure | Vomitting, upset stomach, lethargic, irritable, can't stay focused, foggy head. And this is only day 3 of the capsules. | Are we ever completely satisfied? I am sure that if I had the flu, I would be ecstatic to have the tamiflu, but for exposure the side effects are undesirable. | F | 58 | 3 days | 3/2/2009 | 5 | onset of flu | None so far. But the flu that began last night is stopped in its tracks for me. I barely felt symptoms (slight fever and aches, cough) but since my son was diagnosed with flu B 4 days prior, it was probably the flu. SInce I am going to visit my immuno compromised mom soon, I was willing to risk side effects. | Will continue for 5 days total | F | 42 | 3 days | 2/27/2009 | 3 | got the flu | very itchy skin and scalp, irritability, insomnia | its ok but it made me so freaking itchy its unbearable | M | 17 | 3 days | 2/27/2009 | 5 | Daughter has flu a | None I do not know what everybody is talking about have not had any problems | M | 23 | 3 days | 2/20/2009 | 1 | Kids all had Influenza A | VERY sour stomach/nausea, immediate vomiting (one hour after taking medicine), loss of appetite, low grade headache. | My son (3 years old) contracted the flu (confirmed by Rapid Flu test to be Influenza A), he was prescribed Amantadine through our local urgent care doctor and did well with it; his fever broke after 2 days of onset of illness (the day after starting the Amantadine). My 6 year old daughter then fell ill, but when I took her to our regular pediatrician, they didn't prescribe anything - she had 2 days of fever, then it broke, but her other symptoms lasted longer than her baby brother's, with a fever coming back on day five of illness. My baby (16 months) then fell ill. The local urgent care doctor prescribed TAMIFLU, she is on day two of the medicines, but doesn't seem to be feeling much better. I was given a prescription of TAMIFLU and told to fill it if I thought I was becoming ill. I took my first dose at 4 a.m. this morning even though my only symptoms are congestion and swollen neck glands and that over-all "I know I am getting sick" feeling. IMMEDIATELY (within 1/2 ho | F | 39 | 1 days | 2/20/2009 | 3 | 11 year old daughter diagnosed | None known. All of the other 5 kids have been taking it for 2 days and no side effects to speak of. Ages 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10. I have been taking it too with no obvious side effects. | My 11 year old was diagnosed with the flu, but she had already had it for 5 days so it was too late to treat. We've been pushing fluids and shakes and she's finally feeling a bit better. OTC meds for cough as it keeps her awake all night-really nasty cough. The rest of us began tamiflu as a preventative, especially me as I've been by her side each day and night. If I get sick, we're in big trouble... So far I've managed to keep the rest of us healthy, and the 4 doses of tamiflu we've taken have not had any adverse side effects. However, reading what you all have experienced, I wonder if I would've approached it differently... Do you think it makes a difference if you take it as treatment vs. preventative? Our doctor said that after the first 24 hours, tamiflu does nothing for flu victims. Maybe there was a reaction with some other OTC drugs? I don't know enough, just that so far, we have all been fine. I have seen my 10 year old hallucinate before. He had just a mild feve | F | 41 | 2 days | 2/18/2009 |