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My Dads, friends friend is 30 years old and had Swine Flu. She took the Tamiflu like the doctors said and she had a heart attack and died. (Cause she had a allergic reaction to it)
I think its stupid now and you shouldn't take the tamiflu medication and just fight it off as you would with the normal flu unless you have serious underlying health issues.
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But she died due to the allergic reaction causing the heart attack, not the actual stuff.
I agree though, I don't really believe too much in taking weird stuff like that. Just stay healthy and avoid getting it in the first place tbh.
jackass
03-08-2009, 06:17 PM
She had an allergic reaction to it, like people have allergic reactions to penicillin - it's not Tamiflus fault. :S
She had an allergic reaction to it, like people have allergic reactions to penicillin - it's not Tamiflus fault. :S
If she hadn't of taken it, she would be alive and probably fought it off herself.
Do penicillin allergic reactions cause you to die everytime? They should test it properly so they can ask the people they are giving it to if they have any allergic reactions to the following....
Mathew
03-08-2009, 06:42 PM
And this is why you should check what's in the medication before you take it.. :rolleyes:
you seem pretty naive to me tbh, how do you know she was strong enough to fight the virus? Its not the drugs fault, theyre not to blame for her having an allergic reaction. and im sure depending on the severity of it, penicillin could be deadly too, any drug is for that matter.
jackass
03-08-2009, 06:59 PM
If she hadn't of taken it, she would be alive and probably fought it off herself.
Do penicillin allergic reactions cause you to die everytime? They should test it properly so they can ask the people they are giving it to if they have any allergic reactions to the following....
I'm not even going to reply to that comment, I know you might be quite angry at what has happened, but you are being very naive here.
I'm not even going to reply to that comment, I know you might be quite angry at what has happened, but you are being very naive here.
Fair enough but doctors can't go handing anything out to anyone before checking. The doctor didn't ask for any health conditions or allergic reactions because they are throwing them at anyone who has the symptoms.
Technologic
03-08-2009, 07:06 PM
Fair enough but doctors can't go handing anything out to anyone before checking. The doctor didn't ask for any health conditions or allergic reactions because they are throwing them at anyone who has the symptoms.
Do you realise how much time that would take? And with everyone being paranoid about swine flu and grabbing any tamiflu they can get it's just not worth it. People take it at their own risk, if something happens to them it's their own fault.
My Dads, friends friend is 30 years old and had Swine Flu. She took the Tamiflu like the doctors said and she had a heart attack and died. (Cause she had a allergic reaction to it)
I think its stupid now and you shouldn't take the tamiflu medication and just fight it off as you would with the normal flu unless you have serious underlying health issues.
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So you think it's stupid that she had an allergic reaction to a drug which was prescribed to save her life.
It's no ones fault that she died because you can't find out your allergic to Tamiflu until you take it so..
Tamiflu doesn't 'save lives' tbh unless you have serious underlying health issues. People recover without it and unless you have underlying health issues or are young then you shouldn't take it.
It hasn't even been properly tested so how can they know its safe and has been causing side effects to children.
It's like they should give everyone Tamiflu when they get a cold... you get over it yourself, its just like the normal flu...
Plank
03-08-2009, 07:29 PM
Of course it has been tested, it has been around for ages. Do you really think they would put an untested drug out there?
Also, I'd like to know more about how it caused a heart attack. What exact side effects caused this? Was your "dads friends friend" perfectly healthy?
cocaine
03-08-2009, 07:33 PM
jesus christ, you're such a scare mongerer lol.
tamiflu doesnt kill you, its the allergic reaction that does. hardly makes tamiflu a dangerous product does it? :rolleyes:
are you saying it has penicillin in it?
and surely she should have read whats in the druf before taking it...
Dan2nd
03-08-2009, 07:39 PM
When I had the MMR jab I had a bad reaction to it and was off college for a week as I was constantly being sick. That doesn't mean the country must stop giving these jabs out to the rest of the population!
Tamiflu is the same of course there are going to be people who it has bad reactions to but that doesn't mean they should simply stop using it.
Technologic
03-08-2009, 07:45 PM
This just in: Peanuts kill
This just in: Mushrooms kill
This just in: Wheat kills
You can be allergic to anything and die.
RandomManJay
03-08-2009, 08:17 PM
If it was believed to be the best call it couldn't really be helped unless she refused to take it or she had previous experience with Tamiflu and she was advised to keep off it. But you can't really say that it shouldn't be used, it is afterall a pandemic with people dying, so the best possible care is being given to those with weak immune systems in the form of Tamiflu.
Kardan
03-08-2009, 08:29 PM
Allergic reactions to medication occur very, very rarely. If I said they were 1 in a million, that would be way too high. Tamiflu will kill at least a few people, like any other medication will.
Favourtism
03-08-2009, 08:54 PM
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaha pwnt
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Kowther
06-08-2009, 11:28 AM
I don't think it's the medication itself, it might just be side effects.
jackass
06-08-2009, 12:57 PM
I don't think it's the medication itself, it might just be side effects.
What are you on about? It was an allergic reaction...
GommeInc
06-08-2009, 02:05 PM
Oh Jesus, every drug known to man can kill. So it kills someone who had an allergic reaction, means everyone will die of it too? This is why I hate medical experts and professionals, and the media, and paranoid imbesiles.
I hate fear mongering :/
Experts announced today that Tamiflu is NOT to be given to young as it is harmful.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Tamiflu-Report-Says-Children-Should-Not-Be-Treated-With-Anti-Viral-Drug/Article/200908215357628?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15357628_Tamiflu_Report_Says_Children_ Should_Not_Be_Treated_With_Anti-Viral_Drug
Don't say I didn't tell you.
jackass
10-08-2009, 01:18 PM
Experts announced today that Tamiflu is NOT to be given to young as it is harmful.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Tamiflu-Report-Says-Children-Should-Not-Be-Treated-With-Anti-Viral-Drug/Article/200908215357628?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15357628_Tamiflu_Report_Says_Children_ Should_Not_Be_Treated_With_Anti-Viral_Drug
Don't say I didn't tell you.
Actually what you said was that it was an allergic reaction.
cocaine
10-08-2009, 01:23 PM
Experts announced today that Tamiflu is NOT to be given to young as it is harmful.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Tamiflu-Report-Says-Children-Should-Not-Be-Treated-With-Anti-Viral-Drug/Article/200908215357628?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15357628_Tamiflu_Report_Says_Children_ Should_Not_Be_Treated_With_Anti-Viral_Drug
Don't say I didn't tell you.
Actually what you said was that it was an allergic reaction.
init, and unless your dads friend was <12 then its totally irrelevent
Plank
10-08-2009, 01:30 PM
Experts announced today that Tamiflu is NOT to be given to young as it is harmful.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Tamiflu-Report-Says-Children-Should-Not-Be-Treated-With-Anti-Viral-Drug/Article/200908215357628?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15357628_Tamiflu_Report_Says_Children_ Should_Not_Be_Treated_With_Anti-Viral_Drug
Don't say I didn't tell you.
It's a shame what you told us was over-hyped and full of false information, but I guess the gist of it was right.
Someone mentioned about 'staying healthy to fight it off'
Kinda impossible when you get your 5 a day, have a nice toned body, never smoked or done drugs. And end up with Cancer.#
Alkaz
10-08-2009, 01:32 PM
Maybe her doctor asked if she is allergic to anything etc and she said no and there was something in the tablets which she was in-fact allergic to.
NIKKEE
10-08-2009, 01:34 PM
Tamiflu has been around for ages, it wasn't made for swine flu. Any doctor giving an anti-biotic has to ask if they're allergic to anything in it, she probably was asked, so she must not have known and even if the doctor didn't ask, she should have read the instructions. But it is up to an individual what they do, so she didn't have to take it, it takes about a week to recover from the flu, about the same time a course of anti-biotics takes to finish. It's a shame she died, but I've never heard of someone having a heart attack from an allergic reaction, that's a new one to me, maybe she had underlying health issues that meant the allergic reaction made those worse.
init, and unless your dads friend was <12 then its totally irrelevent
No but I told you it isn't all good.
cocaine
10-08-2009, 02:38 PM
No but I told you it isn't all good.
yeah but you don't know the full story do you? for all the know the drug could affect certain chemicals in young people
granted yes it killed her because of a reaction to the medicine, the doctor should have checked this.. but in all fairness, this is like saying 'people shouldn't eat peanuts'
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