Flu is spreading!

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure my four-year-old has it, showing every single symptom. Her pediatrician won’t give him Tamiflu because he is not “high-risk.” But aren’t all children under 18 and adults over 50 considered high risk? Should I try to get Tamiflu for him some other way?

[Anonymous]

Rest and fluids. Don't give him Tamiflu.

[Anonymous]

Tamiflu was a miracle for us, seemed to stop it dead. One dose of tylenol and two of tamiflu and he was back to normal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tamiflu was a miracle for us, seemed to stop it dead. One dose of tylenol and two of tamiflu and he was back to normal

Your pediatrician gave it to you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tamiflu was a miracle for us, seemed to stop it dead. One dose of tylenol and two of tamiflu and he was back to normal

Your pediatrician gave it to you?

A Kaiser urgent care doc did

[Anonymous]

Of your child is otherwise healthy, the side effects of Tamiflu can sometimes be worse than the flu itself. My pediatrician practice doesn’t recommend it for healthy kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of your child is otherwise healthy, the side effects of Tamiflu can sometimes be worse than the flu itself. My pediatrician practice doesn’t recommend it for healthy kids.

Same, unless there is an infant in the home.

[Anonymous]

My kid got diagnosed this AM; ped said it could go either way re: Tamiflu. Since DS has seasonal/illness-induced asthma, we opted to get it. He puked up the first dose and the nurse told us that's a very typical reaction. On the fence about trying one more dose or just giving it up entirely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of your child is otherwise healthy, the side effects of Tamiflu can sometimes be worse than the flu itself. My pediatrician practice doesn’t recommend it for healthy kids.

Same, unless there is an infant in the home.

+1. My spouse is a pediatrician, and we've never given Tamiflu--spouse has never suggested it. Perhaps I'm ignorant, but I don't even really know what Tamiflu is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid got diagnosed this AM; ped said it could go either way re: Tamiflu. Since DS has seasonal/illness-induced asthma, we opted to get it. He puked up the first dose and the nurse told us that's a very typical reaction. On the fence about trying one more dose or just giving it up entirely.

I'm the pp who gave her kid the tamiflu. When I gave it to him he hadn't eaten all day. After tylenol he was able to eat and he tolerated the second dose just fine. No other nausea throughout the treatment

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of your child is otherwise healthy, the side effects of Tamiflu can sometimes be worse than the flu itself. My pediatrician practice doesn’t recommend it for healthy kids.

Same, unless there is an infant in the home.

+1. My spouse is a pediatrician, and we've never given Tamiflu--spouse has never suggested it. Perhaps I'm ignorant, but I don't even really know what Tamiflu is.

Just adding that our youngish kid has asthma, but Tamiflu has still never been mentioned.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of your child is otherwise healthy, the side effects of Tamiflu can sometimes be worse than the flu itself. My pediatrician practice doesn’t recommend it for healthy kids.

Same, unless there is an infant in the home.

+1. My spouse is a pediatrician, and we've never given Tamiflu--spouse has never suggested it. Perhaps I'm ignorant, but I don't even really know what Tamiflu is.

How many times has your child had the flu?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Pretty sure my four-year-old has it, showing every single symptom. Her pediatrician won’t give him Tamiflu because he is not “high-risk.” But aren’t all children under 18 and adults over 50 considered high risk? Should I try to get Tamiflu for him some other way?

My child's pediatrician gave her Tamiflu last year because of her being high risk due to asthma. It was rough; lots of nightmares and it was hard for her to take since the taste is terrible.
If possible, I would skip the tamiflu.

[Anonymous]

My son and I were both prescribed it about 4 years ago when he was 2 and I was pregnant. Either of us had a reaction to it and it seemed to particularly help him - very mild flu.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of your child is otherwise healthy, the side effects of Tamiflu can sometimes be worse than the flu itself. My pediatrician practice doesn’t recommend it for healthy kids.

Same, unless there is an infant in the home.

+1. My spouse is a pediatrician, and we've never given Tamiflu--spouse has never suggested it. Perhaps I'm ignorant, but I don't even really know what Tamiflu is.

It is an anti-viral. It prohibits the virus from replicating. That is why you have to take it within 48 hours. Otherwise the video load gets too high and the virus has already replicated too much to be effective.