THREAD: Hesitation around Tamiflu is in the news recently after NBCNews reported that a Colorado woman’s four-year-old son died from the flu. it.
Though multiple antiviral drugs are approved for treating the flu in children, Tamiflu is generally the treatment of choice, according to the AAP’sfor prevention and control of influenza in children. It’s easier to give a kid an oral medication instead of the inhaled and intravenous antiviral options. Baloxavir is another oral antiviral available for treating the flu, but it’s only approved for patients who are 12 years or older.
In both kids and adults, Tamiflu works best when started within 48 hours of flu symptoms appearing, theexplains. But evidence shows that it can still be useful after that, especially in kids who are hospitalized with the flu or at high risk of developing complications , thesays.
, which may manifest with symptoms like a skin rash, hives, blisters, trouble breathing, itching, or swelling of the face, eyes, lips, tongue, or throat.There have also been rare reports of behavioral side effects, particularly in children and teenagers, including hallucinations, delirium, and overall abnormal behavior, theexplains. But it’s important to remember that these kinds of neuropsychiatric symptoms can also be potential complications of the flu itself if it goes untreated, says Dr.
of 20 Tamiflu studies, these kinds of neuropsychiatric symptoms occurred in about 1% of cases of Tamiflu use, compared to nausea and vomiting, which occurred in about 3.7% and 4.5% of patients, respectively.
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