Mouse
17-08-2009, 07:20 PM
My 11 year old son seems to have bought swine flu back from our holiday :rolleyes:
I completed the online questionnaire & have got a reference to go & get Tamiflu for him, but I'm in two minds about it as I've read that, particularly in children, the side effects can be worse than the actual flu.
He is otherwise fit & healthy, no health problems at all. I'm tending towards just letting him ride it out dosed up with Calpol & Ibuprofen, but DH is erring towards the Tamiflu. At the moment DS doesn't seem too bad (he's typing away on his laptop now) and Calpol or Ibuprofen do work well whan he does start to feel bad.
If you've taken Tamiflu yourself or given it to your children, what are your views on it?
I completed the online questionnaire & have got a reference to go & get Tamiflu for him, but I'm in two minds about it as I've read that, particularly in children, the side effects can be worse than the actual flu.
He is otherwise fit & healthy, no health problems at all. I'm tending towards just letting him ride it out dosed up with Calpol & Ibuprofen, but DH is erring towards the Tamiflu. At the moment DS doesn't seem too bad (he's typing away on his laptop now) and Calpol or Ibuprofen do work well whan he does start to feel bad.
If you've taken Tamiflu yourself or given it to your children, what are your views on it?