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How Can Allergic Skin Rashes Caused By Tamiflu Be Treated?

my granddaughter, five on december 18, 2017, was given a prescription for tamiflu yesterday; she has had what I would describe as a terrible reaction in that three quarters of her back has a very red rash and her face has just a few spaces of this rash - what to do?
Mon, 10 Apr 2017
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Short answer: stop the drug, give her some anti allergic medication like Cetrizine, cold compresses locally. Take her to ER

Detailed answer: Non serious reactions of Tamiflu include: Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, eye discomfort.
If there are some more associated symptoms with rash like, itching, breathlessness, hoarseness of voice stop the drug immediately and take her to ER.
hope this info helps. Thank you.
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How Can Allergic Skin Rashes Caused By Tamiflu Be Treated?

Short answer: stop the drug, give her some anti allergic medication like Cetrizine, cold compresses locally. Take her to ER Detailed answer: Non serious reactions of Tamiflu include: Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, eye discomfort. If there are some more associated symptoms with rash like, itching, breathlessness, hoarseness of voice stop the drug immediately and take her to ER. hope this info helps. Thank you.