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Tamiflu
Both my kids just tested positive for the flu :( Praying the baby doesnt get it. They wrote a rx for tamiflu but I remember reading weird stuff about it. Did anyones kids take it with no side effects? Thanks
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Posted 2/6/17 4:55 PM  |
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Re: Tamiflu
My son took it when he was 3 and had Flu. He is also taking it now because I tested for both Flu A & B. Unfortunately both he and my husband are taking it as precision for 10 days. No side effects!
Like all medication, I monitor him while he is on it.
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| Posted 2/6/17 6:02 PM |
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MrsM84
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I, too, tested positive for the flu on Friday morning. Coincidentally, DD was sent home from daycare that afternoon because she wasn't acting like herself and had a temp of 101. DH took her to the pediatrician for a flu test, which we swore would come back positive given mine. It was negative. Pediatrician discussed Tamiflu as a preventative to reduce likelihood of transmission and pediatrician recommended against it. Says the risk profile of the medicine changes when the patient doesn't actually have the illness that the medicine was intended for. I'm not one to question the pediatrician. I trust their advice so we opted against it. DD was a bit off this weekend, but her fever broke by Saturday AM and she was back to normal. Likely something viral, just not the flu.
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| Posted 2/6/17 8:26 PM |
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Leb
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Tamiflu
Take elderberry!
Also google tamiflu. I forgot the details now but he company refuses to release statistics on if it works or not and just says "it works trust us". Or something like that, I don't fully remember. I was going to give to my dd two years ago when my friend said her ped won't give to kids bc they hallucinate.
We did elderberry 3-4x a day. After two days we were great and my fever never even broke 100.
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| Posted 2/6/17 9:28 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by Leb
Take elderberry!
Also google tamiflu. I forgot the details now but he company refuses to release statistics on if it works or not and just says "it works trust us". Or something like that, I don't fully remember. I was going to give to my dd two years ago when my friend said her ped won't give to kids bc they hallucinate.
We did elderberry 3-4x a day. After two days we were great and my fever never even broke 100.
My ped won't even prescribe it to kids due to the side effects.
And as far as I am concerned it does not even work. I think its money making big pharma bullshitt.
Dh took it right away...exactly as recommended and he was sicker than all of us. We took elderberry religiously and got better way faster and no hideous side effects.
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| Posted 2/6/17 10:09 PM |
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Leb
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by Leb
Take elderberry!
Also google tamiflu. I forgot the details now but he company refuses to release statistics on if it works or not and just says "it works trust us". Or something like that, I don't fully remember. I was going to give to my dd two years ago when my friend said her ped won't give to kids bc they hallucinate.
We did elderberry 3-4x a day. After two days we were great and my fever never even broke 100.
My ped won't even prescribe it to kids due to the side effects.
And as far as I am concerned it does not even work. I think its money making big pharma bullshitt.
Dh took it right away...exactly as recommended and he was sicker than all of us. We took elderberry religiously and got better way faster and no hideous side effects.
If you google "tamiflu scandal" it's enough to make you run.
Also I don't get it, it supposed to reduce the illness by 12 hours?
I swear elderberry is effing magical. When I had flu A two years ago my doctor laughed at me and refused to flu test me bc my fever was like 99. I called him the next day and he was so rude and patronizing like is your fever over 100 yet? No? Okayyyyyy come on in again ill test you. I was almost pleased when my swab was positive.
This exact flu strand my cousin gave me to, my aunt and daughter at Christmas Eve. My aunt and cousin who both had the flu shot and took tamiflu were so sick for like 7+ days. My daughter and I had been taking elderberry daily and when we started coughing (before knowing we had the flu) we upped it to 2x and w flu confirmation for both of us 3-4x. Plus of course tons of rest, fluids, soups and movies. Two days and we were fine BUT because it was after Christmas and I was off from work we still stayed home and rested!
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| Posted 2/6/17 10:24 PM |
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OhBoyorGirl
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Re: Tamiflu
When my 4 year old was diagnosed with the flu, the led offered tamiflu but did warn of the side effects. I declined. When my 2 year old was diagnosed a few days later, the ped strongly recommended the tamiflu for her, bc she had been quite sick a few weeks before and on a nebulizer and oral steroids- we didn't want that happening again. I will say my youngest was nowhere near as sick as her sister, and there were no side effects for her, thank goodness. The
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| Posted 2/7/17 8:19 AM |
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Tamiflu
Well my husband picked it up at the pharmacy ($$$$$) but I dont think im going to give it. I also had him pick up more elderberry and going to give that every 4 hrs today. I hope im making the right decision but there is so many bad stories linked to the tamiflu!
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| Posted 2/7/17 9:00 AM |
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BriBri2u
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Tamiflu
I gave it to my daughter last year and she projectile vomited 2 minutes later. I got rid of it.
I give Elderberry every 3-4 hours. It is amazing.
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| Posted 2/7/17 9:39 AM |
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MrsB612
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Tamiflu
We were in the ER last week with DD who is 8 months old bc she had a 105 fever. Tested positive for the flu. Tylenol/Motrin was barely keeping the temp down. She was also severely dehydrated bc she was already throwing up. They gave her the tamiflu there even though I was apprehensive about it. 5 minutes later she threw it up. They told me that was a side effect, it could make her nauseous. So I said I wasn’t going to give it to her then bc she was already dehydrated. When I got home spoke to my ped and she advised against it. Told me there isn’t even proof it works. I couldn’t give her elderberry since she’s less than 1 so we stuck with Tylenol/Motrin and cold compresses. Hope they feel better!
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| Posted 2/7/17 1:17 PM |
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PatsBrat
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Re: Tamiflu
My son tested positive for flu A yesterday. After 2 doses of tamiflu he's fever free and feeling 100% fine. I wouldn't hesitate to give it again.
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| Posted 2/8/17 6:55 PM |
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nycgirl
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Re: Tamiflu
My DD has the flu and our experienced ped recommended that all the kids take it (as she said it is so contagious, they will likely all catch it).
She said that if there is any vomiting, just to stop taking it. Our copay was $10. Lots of different viewpoints but we are going with it this round.
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| Posted 2/8/17 7:20 PM |
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jteach
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Tamiflu
4 kids in NY died from the flu the past month I believe. I would much rather take the risk of a "possible" side effect from tamiflu to try and make my child less sick (if they are very ill from the flu). But I am also very bery bery pro vaccine. To each their own obviously. Just my own beliefs. Good luck
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| Posted 2/8/17 7:44 PM |
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Leb
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by jteach
4 kids in NY died from the flu the past month I believe. I would much rather take the risk of a "possible" side effect from tamiflu to try and make my child less sick (if they are very ill from the flu). But I am also very bery bery pro vaccine. To each their own obviously. Just my own beliefs. Good luck
Just FYI they're realeased nothing about these 4 kids, nor have they mentioned if they were vaccinated or not. I am sure they were immunocompromised in some way. Normal healthy children do not die of the flu.
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| Posted 2/8/17 8:33 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by Leb
Posted by jteach
4 kids in NY died from the flu the past month I believe. I would much rather take the risk of a "possible" side effect from tamiflu to try and make my child less sick (if they are very ill from the flu). But I am also very bery bery pro vaccine. To each their own obviously. Just my own beliefs. Good luck
Just FYI they're realeased nothing about these 4 kids, nor have they mentioned if they were vaccinated or not. I am sure they were immunocompromised in some way. Normal healthy children do not die of the flu.
And from everything i have read this year's shot is completely useless. As usual. Everyone who has gotten the flu has had the shot.
I am hugely pro vaccine as well but the flu shot fails time and time again. It has the worst success rate of any vaccine. Even so, I still give it to Dd...for reasons suggested above.(risk vs reward)
However Tamiflu is not a vaccine. It's effectiveness has not veen proved in any studies. DH took it and was sicker than the rest of us who didn't. It did NOTHING. For a drug with tbat little effectiveness and such horrible side effects I wouldn't risk giving it to my child.
If my ped is refusing to prescribe a drug due to side effects it definitely gives me pause. Especially when said drug has no proof of working.
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| Posted 2/8/17 9:52 PM |
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by jteach
4 kids in NY died from the flu the past month I believe. I would much rather take the risk of a "possible" side effect from tamiflu to try and make my child less sick (if they are very ill from the flu). But I am also very bery bery pro vaccine. To each their own obviously. Just my own beliefs. Good luck
I agree, I know for a fact Tamiflu works for myself, DS and my husband. I love the flu shot is a scam remarks, I got so many comments from my job how they were right because I got the shot and still got the flu. But guess what I have chronic asthma and had both Flu A and B and was able to walk in the office. It shut everyone up. The nurse said I should be in the hospital and couldn't believe it, so no I don't think the shot or the medication is a scam. But to each its own. I know for me and my family syrup and teas aren't going to do me any good. I won't have my son suffer or risk death for myself knowing medicine can help him. I just monitor when it comes to my child and know what works for my body.
But I'm pro flu shot and medicine.
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ChristinaM128
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Re: Tamiflu
My peds don't prescribe it due to the side effects. He felt that being that we all had the flu vaccine, and based on what he's seen (short duration of the flu) dd's flu symptoms and ours if we got it would actually be better than the tamiflu side effects. She was done with the flu in a day and a half and no one else got it.
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| Posted 2/9/17 9:20 AM |
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I have been personally advised from pediatrician friends to avoid it unless the kid is really sick or immunocompromised, in which cases they would likely be hospitalized anyways.
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| Posted 2/9/17 1:09 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Tamiflu
So for those of you that insist on Tamiflu, if your ped refused to prescribe it due to side effects, like mine does and a few others' peds on this thread as well, would you find a new ped just so you could get the Tamiflu?
Or would you trust your ped?
Just wondering how the pro Tamiflu people would handle a practice like mine that says they won't prescribe it to children.
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jteach
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by NervousNell
So for those of you that insist on Tamiflu, if your ped refused to prescribe it due to side effects, like mine does and a few others' peds on this thread as well, would you find a new ped just so you could get the Tamiflu?
Or would you trust your ped?
Just wondering how the pro Tamiflu people would handle a practice like mine that says they won't prescribe it to children.
If my child was truly very very sick from the flu (meaning severe symptoms) then yes, I would 100% find a new pediatrician. But from hearing from a ton of friends whose children still got the flu after the flu shot their symptoms have been much less severe than most who did not get the flu shot ( which again is why I will get myself and my children the flu shot every single year)
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| Posted 2/9/17 1:45 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by jteach
Posted by NervousNell
So for those of you that insist on Tamiflu, if your ped refused to prescribe it due to side effects, like mine does and a few others' peds on this thread as well, would you find a new ped just so you could get the Tamiflu?
Or would you trust your ped?
Just wondering how the pro Tamiflu people would handle a practice like mine that says they won't prescribe it to children.
If my child was truly very very sick from the flu (meaning severe symptoms) then yes, I would 100% find a new pediatrician. But from hearing from a ton of friends whose children still got the flu after the flu shot their symptoms have been much less severe than most who did not get the flu shot ( which again is why I will get myself and my children the flu shot every single year)
Yes I do get my DD the shot every year even though she ends up with the flu every year. Not sure why I do it- but maybe for that reason.
And I would think that if a child was really sick or immuno compromised- as another poster mentioned above- the ped would prescribe the tamiflu
I think the ones that don't prescribe it are doing so because in normal, health children, who don't have severe symptoms with flu, they find the risk not to be worth the benefit. But I am sure my ped, and the others who don't prescribe, would in that case.
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| Posted 2/9/17 1:51 PM |
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jteach
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by jteach
Posted by NervousNell
So for those of you that insist on Tamiflu, if your ped refused to prescribe it due to side effects, like mine does and a few others' peds on this thread as well, would you find a new ped just so you could get the Tamiflu?
Or would you trust your ped?
Just wondering how the pro Tamiflu people would handle a practice like mine that says they won't prescribe it to children.
If my child was truly very very sick from the flu (meaning severe symptoms) then yes, I would 100% find a new pediatrician. But from hearing from a ton of friends whose children still got the flu after the flu shot their symptoms have been much less severe than most who did not get the flu shot ( which again is why I will get myself and my children the flu shot every single year)
Yes I do get my DD the shot every year even though she ends up with the flu every year. Not sure why I do it- but maybe for that reason.
And I would think that if a child was really sick or immuno compromised- as another poster mentioned above- the ped would prescribe the tamiflu
I think the ones that don't prescribe it are doing so because in normal, health children, who don't have severe symptoms with flu, they find the risk not to be worth the benefit. But I am sure my ped, and the others who don't prescribe, would in that case.
I would hope you are right in that situation. One if my dds friends she dances with did not get the flu shot, got the flu, severely. Ended up being hospitalized and pneumonia on top of it. She is not immune compromised and the hospital wanted to give her tamiflu. Mom refused. Again, to each their own but "I" would 100% take the risk of a "possibility " of a side effect than have my child hospitalized with the actual symptoms that they currently had.
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| Posted 2/9/17 1:55 PM |
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by NervousNell
So for those of you that insist on Tamiflu, if your ped refused to prescribe it due to side effects, like mine does and a few others' peds on this thread as well, would you find a new ped just so you could get the Tamiflu?
Or would you trust your ped?
Just wondering how the pro Tamiflu people would handle a practice like mine that says they won't prescribe it to children.
Yes I would because I have experience with Tamiflu and know it works. I wouldn't trust a doctor who didnt give me flu medication and said just go deal with it.
I almost died because I listened to my stupid doctor when she said stop taking the nebulizer because its the same as the inhaler. And even though i've been battling with asthma since I was little I listened to her. I suffered for an extra two weeks trying to control my freaking asthma just using my inhaler.
I am only giving my experiences because I feel that things said on this thread were owning posing one side. Like if the Tamiflu doesnt work. If people don't want to take it, then fine. I dont care but I cringe at words like scam and flu shot doesnt work. I don't believe thats accurate. Its almost like me saying, I don't have side effects from Tamiflu so you must be wrong saying side effects exists.
ETA: I also never heard of so many doctors saying no to Tamiflu or any Flu medication until LIF.
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Re: Tamiflu
Posted by NervousNell
So for those of you that insist on Tamiflu, if your ped refused to prescribe it due to side effects, like mine does and a few others' peds on this thread as well, would you find a new ped just so you could get the Tamiflu?
Or would you trust your ped?
Just wondering how the pro Tamiflu people would handle a practice like mine that says they won't prescribe it to children.
Interesting question. My viewpoint is that there is not strong data either way to say one opinion is 100% right: it's risks and benefits (and may be different based on which strain of flu is going around). You picked your ped. I'd trust him or her.
I know a totally healthy person who nearly died a few years ago of the flu. It can happen. She did get all treatments possible, but it was too late. She ended up living, but was unable to walk for over a year after.
My ped did recommend Tamiflu this year. We are all on it. No side effects so far.
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| Posted 2/9/17 2:22 PM |
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Tamiflu
If DD's ped prescribed it, I'd give it. I haven't done in depth research on the side effects but I would think it's somewhat difficult to attribute side effects like vomiting to the tamiflu and not the actual flu.
I'm also a big proponent of the flu shot. I agree it doesn't always work but you'd be hard pressed to find a doctor or anyone in the medical field who tells you that it always prevents flu. The vaccine is created BEFORE flu season begins and the creators have to try and figure out which strains will be the most prevalent during flu season. So you could easily get a different strain. Some strains mutate. Scientists don't always know which strains will mutate or how quickly they'll mutate. Most years they get it mostly right but it will never prevent 100% of flu cases.
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