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 |
| 1 | Flu-like symptoms-Dr. recommended. | Took all 10 pills. Horrible itching started after 8 pills (fourth day) and has lasted for six more days--and counting. Also suffering insomnia, and mood swings--crying and sour temper. Dr. wasn't even sure I had the flu (headache, severe body ache, exhaustion but no cold symptoms). Med seemed to help, but the after-effects are totally miserable. Hugely expensive med and not worth the risk. Absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE this medication! | Formerly had no negative feelings about "Big Pharmaceutical" but this medication has changed my mind. Definitely needed more extensive testing by the FDA. | F | 63 | 5 days | 2/16/2007 | 1 | Type B Influenza | Stomach cramps,hallucination, night terrors | My doctor prescribed TAMIFLU, for my 7 years old son after he was diagnosed with type B Influenza. So he started the treatment the same night, that is just 6 to 8 hours after the first flu symptoms. However, after 4 doses (2 days), he still had 101 fever, chills and headache but not only that, he also had night terrors the 2 nights he was on the treatment and cried unconsollably.He took a nap the first day and was hallucinating, saying things that didn't make sense at all. Please note that this has never happened to him before. This is a pretty expensive and dangerous medicine, and I strongly encourage others to do their research before using it. Wonder why it's still on the market.(none of these symptoms are mentionned with the side effects!!!) | F | 33 | 2 days | 2/14/2007 | 1 | the doctor said I had to Flu | I was so sick I was bed ridden for about 2 days so not sure at which point it started, but I broke out in hives all over my body that just multiplied with the next use, so I knew what it was and quit taking tamiflu. Still hive all over me after 2 days but stopped spreading as aggressively. | they vagiuely say may causeskin rash in the pamplet and thats it. Doesn't even say stop use or anything. | M | 21 | 3 days | 2/10/2007 | 4 | Flu | Vomited after first two doses. Got discouraged. After 3rd dose, no more nausea and fever dropped precipitously. A few hours later, I felt like a new person. It was totally worth the initial side effects to feel this good. | This was the worst flu I've ever had. I wanted to die. Tamiflu saved me. | M | 25 | 2 days | 2/5/2007 | 5 | FLU | My son vomited once, after first dose, then all was well. | Both my kids were burning up with fever around 104, after just 2 doses each, they were pretty much back to normal, and my youngest had terrible congestion and cough and that was lessened. I love this medicine! | M | 5 | 3 days | 2/1/2007 | 5 | To prevent the onset of the flu | Both of my sons had the flu and were miserable. When 16 and 11 year old boys beg to go to the doctor, I know they feel bad. They both took Tamiflu with no side effects at all. I took Tamiflu as a preventive measure, also with no side effects. Both boys recovered very quickly and I did not get the flu despite being in close proximity with them. | Great medication. I am thankful that it worked so well. | F | 39 | 7 days | 1/17/2007 | 1 | For the Flu. | Skin rash after taking only 1 dose, but I was so sick that I did not realize until the next day. I stopped taking Tamiflu after the 3 rd dose, which was the 2nd day . This is 3 days later and I am still getting hives and itching. This happened to my son also. He broke out itching after taking 1 pill per day for 3 days. Doctors need to be aware and make their patient's aware of this med. | Bad bad drug!!!!!!!Needs to be taken off of market.. This was a very expensive and Dangerous Medicine. The manufacturer should be ashamed of themselves for pushing this garbage. | F | 63 | 1 days | 1/17/2007 | 1 | flu | nausea, violent dry-heaving, some vomiting, entire body dripping w/ sweat, and excruciating stomach pains | Got diagnosed on Fri w/ the flu. Now Sun pm (New Year's Eve). 1st 2 days seemed ok, tho didn't seem to be feeling noticeably better. Later this am, woke up feeling queasy w/ stomach pains. Then turned into need to run to b-room -thought had diarrhea and vomiting. No diarrhea, but started violently dry heaving. Body kept wanting to vomit, but barely any liquid came up. Body started profusely dripping w/ sweat all over (similar reaction to when I had bad food poisoning a while back, except this time, I hadn't eaten any questionable food - just chicken noodle soup, Gatorade, etc). Excuciating pain in upper left part of abdomen. Was gripping commode, racked w/ vomiting spasms, thinking I would die on b-room floor. After about 7 min or so, vomiting spasms subsided and was able to get up off floor and crawl back into bed. No similar issues since, and have been able to eat soup, etc. again. All in all, it was a terrifying feeling of extreme pain, fear, and helplessness. Am very wary of takin | F | 35 | 3 days | 12/31/2006 | 3 | Because of flu positive test | My 9y/o daughter was taking this and by the 5th dose she had developed a rash all over her body, so we stopped giving it to her then. I myself am taking it but have only taken 2 doses so far, extreme insomnia but felt better today during the day. Will re-rate when I finish the course as my daughter is going to be unable to. | Real expensive drug, especially if your drug card does not pay enough. | F | 43 | 3 days | 12/26/2006 | 5 | Positive Influenza A test | Insommnia | I had the flu a year and a half ago -- it lasted 3 weeks, and I actually wished for death at some points. Tamiflu was amazing: On Tuesday I'm nearly fainting in CVS while I wait for my prescription. On Thursday I have no fever and feel almost human. Friday, other than some body aches and a headache, I'm amazingly ok. NOTE: Some people who have reported negative experiences here have had legitimate adverse reactions, which will happen with any drug. But there are also many here who should not have taken Tamiflu because their symptoms did not warrant it -- like the guy who said it must have worked for his wife because she smokes...what? Or the guy who said he "was exposed to a cold." Well, DUH, Influenza is NOT a cold, and Tamiflu will not work at all for colds. That's not what it was developed for. Get educated, people: Genuine flu comes on very, very fast -- it doesn't take a weekend to develop. That's called a COLD, and Tamiflu will do NOTHING for your cold. The fact an ant | F | 43 | 5 days | 11/10/2006 | 1 | positive for flu | My 9 yr old daughter took Tamiflu for 1 day. The first dose made her emotional but the second dose made her emotional and very scared that she might hurt someone. She was upset and crying and afraid. Too risky a medication for us to use again. | F | 9 | 1 days | 10/27/2006 | 1 | Flu | Extreme nausea and vomiting. I was force-feeding myself hoping to decrease the nausea, but it didn't help. I also had problems sleeping. | Only flu symptom it helped of mine was the severe muscle pain. However, I would've gladly taken the pain over being nauseous and vomiting all week. I'll never take this stuff again. | F | 24 | 5 days | 10/22/2006 | 2 | had flu | diarrhea headahes flu just got worse | felt like flu was coming on on friday evening so i took my tamiflu,[which my doc prescribed for me to store for such an event] saturday morning 1* 75mg tablet.went to work saturday morning was ok.sat evening got diarrhea and my flu started getting worse. took 2 tabs on sunday .by sunday evening i had full blown flu .took 2 more tamiflu on monday and had to take panadol to get rid of headaches.my flu was the worst its ever been.rang the doc on monday couldnt get in till tuesday stopped taking tamiflu tues .now on antibiotics etc etc.off work mon tues wed and out of pocket $70. PS. it did work for my wife but not me im afraid. it must be because she smokes and i dont | M | 52 | 3 days | 9/26/2006 | 1 | Flu | My 5 year old daughter took one 3/4 tsp. dose at noon, another dose the next morning, and again that evening. Then that night and the following night were both horrible. Extreme sleep disturbances, waking every 20-30 minutes with such problems as night terrors, uncontrollable crying with no ability to explain to me or her dad what was wrong, extremely angry, yelling and screaming, unable to hold still, thrashing around in bed, saying things that didn't make sense. It was very scary. That would last around 3-4 minutes and then she'd settle down to "sleep" only to awaken 20 minutes later and do it all over again. Also, during the time she was more soundly sleeping she was grinding her teeth like crazy! That is something she's never done before. Both mornings after these nights she had no memories of any of this. I will never give her this drug again. | Do your research before deciding to take this drug. Especially for children. There are some very scary adverse reactions that have been found. | F | 5 | 2 days | 4/18/2006 | 5 | tested postive for the flu | This is on behalf of my granddaughter who is 10 years of age she took the capsules for 5 days twice a day with very little side effects, a bit of diarrhea and a little stomach cramps. I was also given a perscription for it but did not get it as I did not get any symptoms of getting the flu I am 68 years of age and also did not get a flu shot. | F | 10 | 5 days | 4/1/2006 | 5 | flu w/high fever, aches & throat | for 8 year old son. no side effects at this point. But, my son hates the taste of the liquid. He seems a bit irritable, but I think he is actually just feeling better and is bored. | My son was very sick with almost 105 fever, extreme body and joint pain, sore throat, could not eat from the pain, body chills. The day after he started taking the medicine he woke up like a new boy. His fever was reduced, but lated for 1 more day, but he got out of bed and was looking for something to do. I recommend this medication when needed. | M | 8 | 4 days | 3/30/2006 | 4 | Diagnosed with Flu | I'm writing this on behalf of my husband who took this medication when diagnosed with the flu. He experienced extreme nausea that had him bedridden that he thought was related to the Tamiflu, but he was also taking a cough medicine that had hydrocodone in it. I convinced him that it was the cough medicine that was causing the symptoms because every time I've ever taken anything with hydrocodone in it (i.e. Lortab), I've had extreme nausea and vomiting. When he stopped taking the cough medicine and continued taking the Tamiflu, his nausea disappeared. If the Tamiflu is taken with food, any nausea it causes is usually mild and is gone completely within a couple of days of taking the medicine. | My 1-year-old daughter also took the pediatric dosage of Tamiflu to keep from getting the flu when my husband was diagnosed. Her only symptom I could see was insomnia. She would wake up several times a night and had a hard time getting back to sleep. | M | 35 | 5 days | 3/20/2006 | 3 | Test positive for flu w/out symtoms | Headache, rash, itchy skin, bouts of crying, depression and mood changes. | The Tamiflu hasn't really helped much with the onset of flu symptoms, I had low grade flu symptoms the entire time, but it did adversely affect my mood, I became irritable, sad and couldn't stop crying. I have to believe it's the drug considering there are very few stressors in my life. | F | 45 | 6 days | 3/20/2006 | 5 | Influenza | Only the first day, a little nausea; some vertigo throughout treatment. I get side effects that most people never hear of, but I can't claim any bizarre ones with Tamiflu. | Almost 2 days, I thought I was dying. Started Tamiflu, fever broke, I stopped aching, and I felt human again. This is a wonder drug and I don't know how I would have made it through without it. | F | 45 | 5 days | 2/26/2006 | 1 | flu | swelling and peeling of the lips after 2 doses of 75 mg (within 48 hours). Before realizing it might be connected I took a third dose... | Gave me no perceptible change in symptoms - I believe that in my case it was a total waste of money. | F | 47 | 2 days | 2/22/2006 |