If the commercial suspension is unavailable and your pharmacist prepares a suspension for you, he or she will provide a device to measure your dose. Never use a household teaspoon to measure doses of oseltamivir oral suspension. Call your doctor or pharmacist to find out how you should measure a dose of oseltamivir suspension if you do not have the measuring device that came with this medication. Continue to take oseltamivir until you finish the prescription, even if you start to feel better.
Do not stop taking oseltamivir without talking to your doctor. If you stop taking oseltamivir too soon or skip doses, your infection may not be fully treated, or you may not be protected from the flu.
If you feel worse or develop new symptoms while taking oseltamivir, or if your flu symptoms do not start to get better, call your doctor. Oseltamivir may be used to treat and prevent infections from avian bird influenza a virus that usually infects birds but can also cause serious illness in humans.
Oseltamivir also may be used to treat and prevent infections from influenza A H1N1. This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember it. If it is no longer than 2 hours before your next scheduled dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule.
If you miss several doses, call your doctor for directions. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. Keep this medication in the container it came in and out of reach of children. Store the capsules at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture not in the bathroom. Commercial oseltamivir suspension can be kept at room temperature for up to 10 days or in the refrigerator for up to 17 days. Oseltamivir suspension prepared by a pharmacist can be kept at room temperature for up to 5 days or in the refrigerator for up to 35 days.
Do not freeze oseltamivir suspension. It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily.
To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location — one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach.
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at Oseltamivir will not stop you from giving the flu to others.
You should wash your hands frequently, and avoid practices such as sharing cups and utensils that can spread the virus to others. Do not let anyone else take your medication. Your prescription is probably not refillable. If you still have symptoms of the flu after you finish taking oseltamivir, call your doctor. It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription over-the-counter medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements.
You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. Drink, drink, drink, drink, drink. Make sure you control your fever. Then you just need to give it time, because flu can linger. But better than any remedy is taking steps to avoid the flu. It helps you stay well and helps everyone around you, too. Across the country, those sick days add up, costing billions of dollars in lost productivity each year.
Although Tamiflu can reduce the flu by roughly 1 to 2 days, the flu vaccine is still the best option for fighting flu. A doctor answers your questions about Tamiflu.
Learn more about vaccine availability. Advertising Policy. You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter. Related Articles. Can the Flu Trigger a Heart Attack? Yes, liquid Tamiflu oral suspension should be stored in the refrigerator. Ask the pharmacist how long to keep the medicine, and then throw away the unused medicine after that time. You should only use the medication for as long as your healthcare provider has directed. The pharmacist should give you a syringe to measure the dose of liquid Tamiflu.
You and your pharmacist should look at the syringe and compare it to the directions on the medicine label. You should be able to use the syringe to measure the right amount that is written on the medicine label.
If you have any questions about whether the measurements on the syringe, the medication label, and the prescription are all the same, make sure that you and your pharmacist and your doctor have answered those questions before you use the Tamiflu. If you have trouble swallowing Tamiflu capsules, you should tell your healthcare provider.
Adults and children 1 year of age and older can be correctly dosed with capsules even if they can not swallow the capsules. If liquid Tamiflu is not available and you have capsules that give the right dose 30 mg, 45 mg or 75 mg , you may pull open the Tamiflu capsules and mix the powder with a small amount of sweetened liquid such as regular or sugar-free chocolate syrup.
Tamiflu may be of benefit for some pregnant and nursing women. At this time, the U. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC recommends that pregnant women who are sick from influenza should be treated with a flu drug because of concerns that they could develop more severe illness. Pregnant and nursing women are advised to talk with a healthcare professional before using Tamiflu. More information is available at flu. The most common side effects of Tamiflu are nausea and vomiting. Usually, nausea and vomiting are not severe and happen in the first 2 days of treatment.
Taking Tamiflu with food may lessen the chance of getting these side effects. Other side effects include stomach abdominal pain, nosebleeds, headache, and feeling tired fatigue. Children and teenagers with the flu may be at a higher risk for seizures, confusion, or abnormal behavior early during their illness. These serious side effects may happen shortly after beginning Tamiflu or may happen in people when the flu is not treated.
These serious side effects are not common but may result in accidental injury to the patient. People who take Tamiflu should be watched for signs of unusual behavior and a healthcare provider should be contacted right away if the patient shows any unusual behavior while taking Tamiflu.
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