Make your own liquid Tamiflu

onengardner · November 2009

I guess a lot of pharmacies are out of the liquid Tamiflu. Here is some info from the CDC about how you can make the liquid Tamiflu out of the capsules: https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/antivirals/mixing_tamiflu_qa.htm. Good info for parents with children who can't take capsules.

emilykristene2006 · November 2009

I thought the pharmacies were able to do this?

onengardner · November 2009

They are, but I saw an article on Consumerist about how not every pharmacy knows or has been up front about it: https://consumerist.com/5402810/you-can-make-your-own-liquid-tamiflu-at-home

BubblyToes · November 2009

Any reputable chain/retail pharmacy/pharmacist should be willing to compound it for you. Under no circumstances should the patient be sent home to compound it themselves. That's scary.

I know for a fact WalMart pharmacists have been given extensive information and training on how to do it. It's not hard, nor is it time consuming. The biggest issue is popping the capsules out of the unit dose packaging and opening them up.

Knowing how little the general public knows about medications and compounding, the thought of sending patients home to make their own is scary.

emilykristene2006 · November 2009

BubblyToes:
Under no circumstances should the patient be sent home to compound it themselves. That's scary.

I was thinking the same thing. I'm pretty sure I would not try this at all.

Goose51504 · November 2009

I can understand this, IF and only IF, the child has been prescribed "child size" Tamiflu capsules. That is, capsules whose dosage is specifically made for children. My mother used to have to do this with my wheezing/asthma medication when I was a child. They only made it in capsule form, so she had to open them and pour the contents into my food (typically applesauce). However, the dosage was specificaly meant for a child.

And, I think it was completely irresponsible for the CDC to release something like this b/c there will be MANY desperate parents out there who will overlook the dosing warning and will try to compound ADULT doses of Tamiflu for their kids, which could be fatal.

Regardless of this video and how "easy" it may be, I would still request compounding by my pharmacist any day over doing it myself.

Ridonkulous.

Kapalua · November 2009

I didn't see the link...is the CDC *actually* recommending that people do this? That can't be right.

onengardner · November 2009

Kapalua:
I didn't see the link...is the CDC *actually* recommending that people do this? That can't be right.

yep, it's right here: https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/antivirals/mixing_tamiflu_qa.htm

It says: "If your doctor prescribes Tamiflu? capsules for your child and your child cannot swallow capsules..." That assumes that your doctor prescribed the child dose for your child, in which case, you wouldn't have to worry about the dosing issue. Still, it is kind of scary.

I agree that pharmacies should be doing this for people but the article says all pharmacies are not prepared. If that was the case, I would probably start going to another pharmacy! lol.

Jena510 · November 2009

I work at a major retail phamacy chain as a pharmacy tech and if any pharmacy refuses to compound this for you, please try another. It is a lot safer, and there are certain ranges and calculations that need to be correctly configured for your child's weight. Please get it compounded professionally.

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