I was just diagnosed with Influenza B this morning (21 month old son has it too) and I'm 21 weeks pregnant. The info online for Tamiflu during pregnancy is conflicting-the FDA lists it as a class 3 and unsuitable for pregnancy, but the CDC says pregnant women diagnose with Influenza should still take it. I trust my OB completely and he said to take it, but I'd love to hear from other moms who took Tamiflu while pregnant and still had beautiful, healthy, perfect babies. Please reassure a very sick preggo mom.
I am taking it. My doctor said to so I do it. Just looking for a few "been there, done that" happy ending kind of responses. Thanks!
I did not experience this, but if tamiflu reduces the risk of flu complications, I would take it. The flu can be very dangerous to pregnant women.
So sorry you are so sick!!
I got swine flu when pregnant with my youngest. I took it and had no ill effects from it. I already felt like death so it's possible that even if I did it wouldn't have been noticed lol
I took it last March when I had the flu it was my last 3 weeks of pregnancy & I was miserable did it help well I recovered but was laid up on the couch for 4 days I also was given a cough syrup very small dosage since that was also conflicting with pregnancy it helped.What I have now isn't the flu i'm sure i'll never forget the flu..
I have never taken it but heard that Tamiflu has lots of icky side effects. How sick are you? Can you make it without taking it?
Talk to your pharmacist, he/she can prob give you good information.
find Dr. David Mercola's site online. give him your back up email if you don't want his daily newsletter. However he's a nutritionist with boatloads of info and almost all of it good. He says Tamiflu isn't good for anyone at any time. I've cut and pasted the high points of his latest article on it here:
The antiviral drug Tamiflu has been touted as effective in reducing complications of flu such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Sales of the drug skyrocketed during the hyped bird- and swine flu pandemics of 2006 and 2009. But some of the evidence supporting its use has turned out to be based on fraudulent and/or missing data
Two employees of a communications company admitted they were paid to ghostwrite studies where the conclusion specifically had to be in support of Tamiflu’s effectiveness
Side effects of Tamiflu include convulsions, delirium and delusions. The death of five Japanese children and seven adults has been linked to the drug. Disturbingly, a 2009 study found more than half of all children taking Tamiflu experience side effects, including neuropsychological effects such as altered behavior and nightmares. Other rare side effects such as toxic epidermal necrolysis and blindness have also been reported
While antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu have been used with greater frequency, the traditional first line of defense against the flu has been vaccines. The evidence against flu vaccines is rapidly mounting as well, and in recent years, a number of damaging studies published in the medical literature, negating the claim that flu vaccine is the best form of flu prevention
I hope this helps you make a wise choice. Get well soon.
