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 prevention (boyfriend had flu) | Was told to take it 1x a day for 10 days. All was fine until day 5. Woke up in a panic attack on the 5th night and having psychotic symptoms (intrusive images of hurting myself, suiciding, hurting my boyfriend, and hurting my dog). VERY scary. I have never had psychotic symptoms before and it was absolutely terrifying. | I would not recommend anyone take Tamiflu for prevention (or for any other reason) unless absolutely necessary. I have never had psychiatric side effects from a medication and honestly I would have rather had the flu for a week. | F | 34 | 5 days | 2/20/2008 | 3 | Tested Positive for Flu | The first few days I experienced nausea and a slight amount of diarrhea. I had a headache before the use of Tamiflu, but it continued at lesser degree while taking it. Diarrhea became extreme after the 3rd day. The entire time on the medication I seemed in the haze. | The medication did greatly help the stiffness and bring the fever down with in the first few days, but for me putting up with the diarrhea after day 3 and becoming more dehydrated became more of a detriment. My biggest issue is the packaging and the Tamiflu website does not list additional side effects such as headache, diarrhea and sleeplessness. It only lists nausea and vomiting. Use this drug wisely | M | 37 | 5 days | 2/19/2008 | 2 | positive for influenza A | extreme nausea, fogginess, headache | It did take away the aches and pains, but in my opinion at a higher cost. I could at least move around before taking tamiflu, once I started taking it I felt drunk | F | 38 | 2 days | 2/18/2008 | 2 | flu | My 15 month old son started taking this medicine when he tested positive for the flu. Late the first night, he had muscle spasms in his arms and legs and got very stiff. Then he started screaming. The next day and night he wouldn't sleep for more than 45 minutes to an hour at a time, and he would start screaming, wouldn't let us touch him, and would back himself into a corner and sit down on the floor. This happened multiple times, and we assumed it was due to his high fever of 104. But by day 2 1/2, the fever was gone, and he was still behaving strangely. On day 3 we didn't give it to him, and he was fine, no problems. On the morning of day 4 I gave him a dose, and an hour later, he was backing away from me, sitting in the corner, banging his head on the wall. There was no question it was the medicine. | We have learned that these side effects have been seen in Japan, but not really here. We have no Asian ancestry in our family. While it does shorten the duration of the flu, don't assume that strange behavior is the result of the high fever. It may not be. | F | 34 | 3 days | 2/17/2008 | 1 | Influenza | Felt detached from people, headaches, tasks seemed overwhelmingly difficult to accomplish, lack of focus and overall feelings of despair. I don't get depressed often or even occasionally but my attitude changed so much that others noticed it more than I did. I'm a competitor on a collegiate level team and my whole team was just subscribed this medication because almost half us have or have just gotten over the flu. I do not recommend the use of this medication to anyone. | F | 21 | 5 days | 2/17/2008 | 5 | positive flu test | Vomiting within minutes after taking full doses, 1 and 2 | My 7 year old son was taking this, but he was extremely nauseas from the flu before he tried taking the Tamiflu. We ended up giving him a 1/2 dose at a time, after food, which he tolerated fine. After 3 days, he is about 80% improved, no fever. | M | 7 | 3 days | 2/15/2008 | 5 | Flu | None | This worked great! Quite amazing actually. No side effects. | M | 18 | 5 days | 2/14/2008 | 5 | doctor diagnosed flu | None at all | My wife contracted the flu, dry cough and overall body pain. I took her to the doctor and my symptoms were just beginning. he said it was too late for her but prescribed the tamiflu for me since I was early onset of clear flu symptoms from her. I had one horrible night of progressing pain headache and symptoms, but by the following morning and third pill feel almost 100%. If you can get this at early onset, like within 12 hours of symptoms it is a real lifesaver since the virus has not fully multiplied. As you get close to 48 hours the effects become less then nil. | M | 37 | 1 days | 2/13/2008 | 1 | Positive Flu test | Severe Nausea, ** voilent vomiting** , loss of desire to eat | Was advised to take this with food... but it did not help. The nausea was extreme, and got worse with each dose. I had an appetite but when I looked at food I got incredibly nauseous. My 3rd dose this morning, left me so nauseous I could not care for my 3 small children for a short time. I violently threw up and - luckily - felt better right away. I have not vomited in 24 years... through 2 pregnancies (one was twins). But this stuff - ugh, I'm glad my kids were busy playing and did not get to see me being so ill. Be very careful if you take this drug. If you have a bad reaction, you need to have help around. I stopped taking this drug after 3 doses. Will never attempt again. Next year - I'll probably get a flu shot. | F | 43 | 2 days | 2/13/2008 | 4 | Preventative for me, son had flu | Headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, severe vertigo. | This drug has such good and bad. My son had a positive Influenza A nose swab, and I took it as well as a preventive measure, since I was beginning to feel flu-like symptoms. Well, we took the Tamiflu, and felt so horrible for 2-3 hours, I mean, I literally could NOT lift my head off of the pillow from the side effects, the room was spinning and I thought I was going to throw up! However, after about 2-3 hours, these side effects went away, and after the second dose or so, I felt like I'd never been sick -- and so did my son! So, overall, would take again, even though the side effects were HORRIBLE, they were temporary, and the medication COMPLETELY wiped out the flu within two days. | F | 29 | 4 days | 2/11/2008 | 1 | Diagnosed Influenza B | This was given to my 92 year old father who is normally very with it mentally. Although he is legally blind, this medicine is causing him to hallucinate and it won't let him sleep. He's dizzy and unstable. It's just awful. It did get rid of his flu symptoms, but I think I would have rather treated the symptoms with over the counter medicine. Be aware if you take this medicine, it could be dangerous. | M | 92 | 2 days | 2/10/2008 | 3 | Tested positive for influenza typ A | Definite nausea, but no vomiting. Diffoculting sleeping. Loose bowels. Weird malaise sensations, like a beer buzz with a mild headache | Was diagnosed in with two days of onset and started regiment. It definitaly put the hurt on my flu, Fever and chills gone, aches gone. I can at least get out of bed. Hard to tell difference between tamiflu issues and flu remnants. My twins are both on it as well and one displayed dreaming problems and then the next day both are back to normal with only a nagging cough left. Its really a double edged sword taking this medicine. I helped the flu symptoms but comes at a cost. You either have the flu or tamiflu. | M | 42 | 5 days | 2/7/2008 | 3 | FLU | RASH HEADACHE | F | 12 | 5 days | 2/7/2008 | 5 | diagnosed with flu | No side effects at all | Great experience with Tamiflu. Started within 40 hours from experiencing flu symptoms - particularly high fever (over 102)and chest congestion. Within 24 hours fever was gone, and I got a lot of energy. Within 48 hours, though mild cough still lingered, felt healthy enough to do daily chores all day. Judging by my co-workers who got the same strain of flu, Tamiflu cut the duration of the disease by at least 50% and the symptoms by more than that. Would highly recommend it. | F | 45 | 4 days | 2/6/2008 | 1 | Flu | Nausea, sweating, vomitting, skin rash, congested chest (didn't have that when the Flu started) after two days taking it. One the third day moring, that's when I realized it's the medicine that's making me sicker than when the Flu started. So I quit taking it. | It did help break the fever and reduce the musle pain. But I wouldn't take it again and don't recomment anyone taking it. | F | 37 | 3 days | 2/5/2008 | 5 | influenza | diherria | Got rid of my horrible fever and aches from the worst flu I've had within 24hrs of starting it... was more than worth putting up with the side effects of a few days of diherria. | M | 39 | 5 days | 2/4/2008 | 1 | flu | i had extreme diarrhea the second and third day. i also had mood swings and a general state of not caring about loved ones. extreme anger followed by fits of rage about things that would normally be ok also found it very hard to sleep | i feel better, but will refuse this medication and will not let my children take it | M | 34 | 3 days | 2/3/2008 | 4 | Type A Influenza | none | My 12 year old son has the flu and pneumonia. We went to ER on Thursday afternoon and precribed Tamiflu. It is now Saturday morning and there do not seem to be any side effects. His fever is gone. No vomiting. He does have a cough and sore throat - but he's doing much better. | M | 12 | 5 days | 2/2/2008 | 1 | Flu | 2 hours after first dose I felt so messed up. Like a bad high. I started reading about this drug, and immediatly stopped taking it. Honestly it felt like I was about to trip on a psycadelic. | Do not take this. This should be illegal. Get over your flu the normal way. When on it I kept thinking that all doctors were in a cult together trying to make us take this drug. It weirded me out!!!! | F | 21 | 1 days | 1/31/2008 | 5 | yes | none, anything would have felt better than the flu | worked wonders, felt better within 24hours of taking first dose. Took dose twice a day, every 12 hours | F | 41 | 4 days | 1/30/2008 |