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Did your friend’s husband have any side effects from Tamiflu ? Is he doing better ?

I have read personal accounts were people started feeling better ASAP after taking Tamiflu .

Would you allow your family & children to use Tamiflu again ?

If you had a friend whose children were in the high complication risk area would you think they should take Tamiflu or not ?

Hi DVDMom.

My friends hubby was the worst affected of all the people I know who've had Swine Flu, and although he still has remnants of symptoms, he has recovered okay, he DID have Tamiflu prescribed, and he took it for a week or so. He is a heavyish smoker (about 20 cigarettes a day), and he drinks beer every day too.
He said it also made him dizzy and disorientated, (knowing him, whether that was a symptom of beer or Tamiflu is anyones best guess!)
His symptoms were similar to everyone else's, with the exception that he had a much worse (deeper) cough. His Wife also took Tamiflu, and all 3 of her Boys (4,6,9 year olds).

My other friend had Tamiflu prescribed, but she didn't even collect the prescription, her GP told her that he was bound to give it her under Government legislation, but wouldn't have done otherwise. She had 2 days off work, and a further 2 days to recover, She's a non smoker, and neither her Hubby or her 2 Children caught the virus from her.

My household have all recovered, all of us having had the very same symptoms (in retrospect, I think we unwittingly had it first to be quite honest, and maybe passed it out), and have all recovered with rest and lots of vitamin C and fluids (we're a non smoking household).

I was at my doctors today to pick up a regular prescription, and it was empty in there, and I now don't know anyone suffering from it.

It certainly seems a minor virus for people without underlying medical problems, I think smokers who are unhealthy could be hit quite hard, and people who are immuno compromised for any reason should take care, but from my experiences, no more than ordinary flu, and that's what seems to be said by Doctors here, but suspiciously, not the Government!

I haven't noticed a quicker recovery from Tamiflu takers or not to be honest, all seem to have suffered for about 4 or 5 days with it, with the exception of my friends hubby, who suffered with a cough for about a week to 10 days.

Hope you're all okay over the pond.

THIS STORY is the real danger from Swine Flu and the pandemonium surrounding it.
There have been many cases of misdiagnoses already from the people employed in the Government Swine Flu call centre to hijack Doctors out of the process of healthcare.

A teenager was told to stay at home with Tamiflu by them, whilst in the process of having a Liver failure, and now this baby has died because of some call centre worker telling the parents the same thing, it's horrendous, and those pondlife in Westminster need taking to account for it.

One thing I would say DVDMom, and anyone else, if your Government sets up a similar facade of dealing with diagnosis of Swine Flu, ignore it and go see your family Doctor!