Advice on buying Tamiflu?

PixiePie

katehesk wrote: »

I'm a great vaccine sceptic, perhaps wrongly.

But personally will avoid the swine flu vaccination programme at all costs. I'm glad i'm too old to be included in the HPV vaccination programme too tbh from what I have gathered about some of the side effects (some devastating).

In Germany recently there was a scandal because goverment officials and military personnel are being offered a different vaccine than the wider population.

My advice - do a a bit of research before being vaccinated with ANYTHING.

Don't mean to sound rude, but what are you basing your knowledge of side effects of vaccines on? For example, the HPV? The media story of the girl dying after having the injection was swiftly shown to be nothing to do with the injection what so ever and a very tragic case of an undiagnosed condition she was suffering from. The HPV vaccine (imho, backed up by a family of GP's and medical researchers and therefore educated knowledge on the subject, and speaking as someone who has gone through cervical cancer) is a huge advantage with very little if any side effects, certainly none serious and very very certainly none devastating, so I am not sure what you base that comment on. I wouldn't wish Cervical cancer on my worst enemy, and as HPV is the biggest cause of it, vaccinating girls against this saves a hell of a lot of worry stress pain and devastation.

With regards to Tamiflu (and pointing out that this thread is very old, and Swine flu has pretty much come and gone without being the death swipe it was made out to be by the media), if your GP has advised you get some, they would write a prescription for you, so the OP was obviously trying to get a supply without recommendation from Doctor, a very stupid thing to do!

twinmummy+2-2

It's unlikely that supplies will run out, recently there were reports that the UK have such a stockpile of Tamiflu that the government is considering selling some to other countries or donating it to third world ones if no one will buy.

When I needed some last year I was prescribed it from the NHS direct swineflu symptom checker. I answered a few questions online and was allocated a code to collect the tamiflu from the local hospital chemist. My husband collected it without any problems.

If you genuinely think you need this I'd suggest you start there, at least you will know it comes from a reliable source.

eslick

if you want tamiflu tablets just go to the swineflu website complete the questions and they give it to anyone, questions are really poor in our view, they dont even ask if you have a temperature just really basic questions like how are you feeling.

I to wouldnt have the swineflu jab or give it to my kids they rushed it through and who is to say its not got any real side effects, just look at all of the fuss about MMR.

kippers

I was under the impression that the swine flu jab is like any other flu jab ie they are vaccinating against certain different flu strains and each year the flu jab changes. #

Maybe that is too simple but my DH and DD1 have both had the swine flu jab and the normal flu jab for this year as they both suffer with asthma and neither of them had any side effects.

*manda*

daisywright wrote: »

Is tamiflu is really effective to cure swine flu?

No it wont cure it, it has never been intended as a cure- there is no cure. It's designed to help minimise it's severity and spread of symptoms.

ggmf

I would suggest that you report your GP.

pinklady1985

daisywright wrote: »

Is tamiflu is really effective to cure swine flu?

Hiya i work in a pharmacy and have been reading in to this since we started distributing it, it is not a cure it is designed to allieviate symptoms of swine flu by shortening them by one day, also if another pandemic were to occur then the government have a stockpile of one course of tamiflu per person, once you've had yours your name is added to a database and you would not be prescribed it again, hth

tallmum

I would NEVER buy from the internet - far too many illegal copies. A generic version would be illegal as the product is still under patent. At best you may get an inferior version of medicing, at worst anything which bulks up a tablet.

If you need to have a pack to hand then get a private prescription - but as above, why not follow the NHS website in the event that you need it (having had the vaccination to prevent you catching it anyway)

BernardM

pinklady1985 wrote: »

Hiya i work in a pharmacy and have been reading in to this since we started distributing it, it is not a cure it is designed to allieviate symptoms of swine flu by shortening them by one day, also if another pandemic were to occur then the government have a stockpile of one course of tamiflu per person, once you've had yours your name is added to a database and you would not be prescribed it again, hth

It was recommended in September 2009 by The Centers for Disease Control to all who had confirmed or were suspected to have influenza and needed hospitalization. By December 2009, based on a number of scientific studies, scientists concluded that the benefits of this anti-viral treatment were grossly over-estimated, because it could only shorten the length of illness by approximately one day.

SHEILA54

Hi
I wouldn't touch Tamiflu myself as they prescribed it for my 4 year old grandaughter and she ended up with both eardrums bursting, screaming at night etc.

It should never have been given to children under 12 so I wonder what else we haven't been told about it.