Children Suffer Nightmares & Nausea With Tamiflu
August 4, 2009 by Karlynn Johnston
Filed under Featured
Yet another reason not to use Tamiflu as a prophylactic drug, as I have heard some parents were using it at the first sign of a fever with this swine flu panic that went on earlier. And this is exactly what was done with the classrooms that came into contact with an infected student, even if they showed no symptoms, they were given Tamiflu, most likely in the hopes to contain the flu and prevent serious illness.
From the report: “Fifty-one percent experienced symptoms such as feeling sick (31.2 percent), headaches (24.3 percent) and stomach ache (21.1 percent).”
Fifty-three percent of the students had three or more symptoms, the most common side effect being nausea,with 29% of the students afflicted. Other side effects were stomach pain or cramps, and trouble sleeping.
I would assume now that the risk is going to have to outweigh the side effects, in order for doctors to prescribe Tamiflu to youngsters, at least one would hope. What is scary is that I read of parents going to their doctors and getting prescriptions to stock up, just in case. It appears that Tamiflu is a drug that the use of needs to be taken into serious consideration, and not to be treated as a Tylenol, that you give your child whenever they have flu-symptoms.
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