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Does tamiflu work as a preventative?
Posted on 12/24/14 at 5:27 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 5:27 pm
Just got back from er with 1 year old with flu.
Would having my 4 year old take tamiflu as well help prevent her from getting it?
Both kids have had flu shot.
Would having my 4 year old take tamiflu as well help prevent her from getting it?
Both kids have had flu shot.
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Posted on 12/24/14 at 5:30 pm to CorkSoaker
Supposedly you have to take it almost immediately after getting the flu.
Honestly not worth it even under optimal circumstances unless your immune system is compromised.
Honestly not worth it even under optimal circumstances unless your immune system is compromised.
This post was edited on 12/24/14 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 5:32 pm to CorkSoaker
Tamiflu is an anti viral, so I would imagine while they are taking it. It would be unlikely that they would come down with symptoms.
Since the flu virus would not be able to replicate.
Since the flu virus would not be able to replicate.
This post was edited on 12/24/14 at 5:33 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 5:52 pm to CorkSoaker
Yes.
Like my gf started birth control after we had sex for the first time.
A preventative.
Like my gf started birth control after we had sex for the first time.
A preventative.
Posted on 12/24/14 at 5:56 pm to CorkSoaker
Just a warning....I took it and had a pretty adverse reaction. I became very paranoid and depressed and couldn't tell what was going on. Still don't feel right.
They actually warn you of unusual behavior on the commercial.
Edit: I took it in conjunction with a steroid and cough syrup.
They actually warn you of unusual behavior on the commercial.
Edit: I took it in conjunction with a steroid and cough syrup.
This post was edited on 12/24/14 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 6:03 pm to CorkSoaker
You're what we call an "at risk" person, so I would take tamiflu for the next few days as a preventative.
Here's a study if you're a healthcare provider (Meta-analysis) indicating its efficacy in prevention of influenza symptoms in "at risk" households:
Okoli, George N.; Otete, Harmony E.; Beck, Charles R.; Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S.; Schmidt, Robert Lane (9 December 2014). "Use of Neuraminidase Inhibitors for Rapid Containment of Influenza: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual and Household Transmission Studies". PLoS ONE 9 (12): e113633.
Here's a study if you're a healthcare provider (Meta-analysis) indicating its efficacy in prevention of influenza symptoms in "at risk" households:
Okoli, George N.; Otete, Harmony E.; Beck, Charles R.; Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S.; Schmidt, Robert Lane (9 December 2014). "Use of Neuraminidase Inhibitors for Rapid Containment of Influenza: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual and Household Transmission Studies". PLoS ONE 9 (12): e113633.
Posted on 12/24/14 at 6:04 pm to CorkSoaker
Preventative?
NO
NO
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:10 pm to CorkSoaker
Our kids' pediatricians have always offered tamiflu scripts for our other kids when any of them got the flu.
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:34 pm to CorkSoaker
At the ER now with the flu. This sucks severely and I as well got the flu shot this year.
Haven't had the flu since I was a kid and the first year that I have ever gotten the shot, I get the flu.
Haven't had the flu since I was a kid and the first year that I have ever gotten the shot, I get the flu.
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:36 pm to CorkSoaker
Don't give any medicine that is man made. Use natural ingredients. You'll only hurt them in the long run
Posted on 12/24/14 at 8:03 pm to CorkSoaker
No, not proven per gold standard of medical evidence.
Cochrane
Cochrane
This post was edited on 12/24/14 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:05 pm to CorkSoaker
Doctor friend told me last night of some recent research that found tamiflu was not effective
Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:15 pm to CorkSoaker
I hope you don't come down with the flu
Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:43 pm to CorkSoaker
It's an expensive preventative measure. I haven't seen great evidence on its efficacy, but I haven't read too much into it, admittedly. Anecdotally, more of the docs I have worked with don't offer it to the family members as preventative if they're not high risk (elderly, <2, immunocompromised).
Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:54 pm to CorkSoaker
Just took day 4 of Tamiflu, all symptoms gone. Never had flu before, but whole family (in-laws) are saying it was pretty mild based on their experience so they think tamiflu worked well.
Good luck with 1 year old. Strains used for shot missed this year as you know. FWIW my GP said in future get the Quadrivalent flu mist as it has a herding effect for you and family, and the more strains of protection the better
Good luck with 1 year old. Strains used for shot missed this year as you know. FWIW my GP said in future get the Quadrivalent flu mist as it has a herding effect for you and family, and the more strains of protection the better
Posted on 12/24/14 at 11:18 pm to CorkSoaker
NO!!!
i wish some of these dumb arse physicians would learn that fact too...
and for the MD's, i know what the frick the package insert claims it does, but knowing exactly how the medication works, there's no way it works as a prophylactic therapy...
i wish some of these dumb arse physicians would learn that fact too...
and for the MD's, i know what the frick the package insert claims it does, but knowing exactly how the medication works, there's no way it works as a prophylactic therapy...
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