Tami flu for 5 months old baby
My 5 months old baby boy got running nose & small fever. I took him to the Airport Pediatric emergency. The Dr. told me that its normal flu but prescribed Tami flu. I am sure that its not H1N1. He is never exposed to H1N1 infections. We are not taking him to malls, parks etc due to the climate. I referred 2 of my Dr . Friends, they adviced me not to give Tami flu. Now he is OK with the antihistamin & adol syrup. Do I need to give Tami flu?
Babies have more effective imunity system, avoid spoiling this with medicanes...would be my advise.
Good Health n Good Luck to you all.
its standard procedure nowadays to give Tamiflu to everyone with flu or fever or both!DON'T give it to your baby!My 11 yearold son was prescribed tamiflu just because he had high fever,but after just one dose he had severe vomiting and got sicker than he already was. I discontinued it immidiately and soon he got better.
Arien, that's exactly what I wanted to say
go to another Dr. The internet is not a good place for diagnosis and treatment
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ok do this look at the data sheet of Tamiflu it comes with the medication itself , read and see for yourself :
here I got this of the internet: data sheet of Tamiflu
Children
The safety and efficacy of Tamiflu in children under 1 year has not been established (see Pharmacokinetics in special populations). Tamiflu should not be used in children under 1 year of age (see Preclinical Safety).
Special Warnings and Special Precautions for Use
Convulsion and delirium like neuropsychiatric events have been reported during Tamiflu administration in patients with influenza, predominately in children and adolescents. In rare cases, these events resulted in accidental injury. The contribution of Tamiflu to those events is unknown and these have also been reported in patients with influenza who were not taking Tamiflu (see Post Marketing experience).
Patients, especially children and adolescents, should be closely monitored for signs of abnormal behaviour.
There is no evidence for efficacy of Tamiflu in any illness caused by agents other than influenza viruses types A and B.
Dose adjustment is recommended for patients with creatinine clearance of 10 - 30 mL/min for the treatment of influenza and the prophylaxis of influenza. No dosing recommendation is available for patients undergoing routine haemodialysis and continuous peritoneal dialysis with end stage renal disease and for patients with creatinine clearance of ≤ 10mL/min (see Special dosage instructions and Pharmacokinetics in special populations).
A bottle of 30 g Tamiflu powder for oral suspension contains 25.713 g of sorbitol. One dose of 45 mg oseltamivir administered twice daily delivers 2.6 g of sorbitol. For subjects with hereditary fructose intolerance this is above the recommended daily maximum limit of sorbitol. Tamiflu should not be used in children under 1 year of age (see Preclinical safety).
OK I think this speaks for itself
DO not give it to your baby !!!!!!
Take a second opinion from a doctor.. not from Qlers and your friends. please.
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Don't give it to your baby , here are some article for you to read :
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-25-tamiflu-brain_N.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205542/Tamiflu-risks-outweigh-benefits-children-warn-swine-flu-experts.html
dont give dear and care of your child give them mother milke is better then all