Tamiflu Dosing Brochure Oct 2015 Final

State of Illinois
Bruce Rauner, Governor
Department of Public Health

Nirav D. Shah, MD, JD
Creating Liquid
®
Tamiflu
for children during a Pandemic Flu
How to Make Liquid Tamiflu® Note: You may use this medicine mixture for up to 24 hours
if it is kept covered and stored at room temperature or in the
25 mg per 5 mL (teaspoon) refrigerator. Throw away any unused liquid after 24 hours
You will need: and mix fresh every day.
 75 mg Tamiflu® capsule
 Measuring teaspoon(s) or regular eating teaspoon or Step 2
medicine cup or medicine syringe
 One (1) small bowl or cup Weigh your child. Use your child’s weight
 Water and one of the following: sugar, chocolate or to find the correct dosage on the chart
flavored syrup, flavored dessert toppings below. Weight: ___________ lbs
 These directions
Please read all instructions before you begin.

Dosage Chart
 You can find out how much medicine to give your
child based on your child’s age and weight.
Step 1  Use this chart to find the amount for one (1) dose.
 Give this dose _____ time(s) a day (____ in the
morning; ___ at night) for 5 days.
Carefully pull apart
one (1) 75mg Tamiflu® Dosage Chart for Children
®
Tamiflu capsule Tamiflu® oral liquid
25 mg per 5mL (per teaspoon)
Dose Dose (mL)
Weight (lbs)
(teaspoon)
.
Empty contents into a Up to 3 months (Treatment Only)
small bowl. Up to 6lbs* ¼ teaspoon 1.25 mL
Over 6 lbs to 10 lbs* ½ teaspoon 2.5 mL
Over 10 lbs to 14 lbs* ¾ teaspoon 3.75 mL
3 months and older (Treatment and Prophylaxis)
Add three (3) Over 14 lbs to 18lbs* 1 teaspoon 5 mL
teaspoons (15mL) of Less than 33 lbs 1 ¼ teaspoons 6.25 mL
water to the medicine
Over 33 lbs to 50 lbs 2 teaspoons 10 mL
powder.
Over 50 lbs to 88 lbs 2 ½ teaspoons 12.5 mL
Over 88 lbs 3 teaspoons or 15 mL
1 75 mg capsule
*Tamiflu® is only recommended for PROPHYLAXIS in infants
3 months and older. It is not recommended for prophylaxis
Mix well until the younger than 3 months unless directed by a physician. Dosage
powder dissolves and is applicable for treatment and prophylaxis against influenza as
there is no more referenced by the CDC.
powder at the bottom
of the bowl. See reverse side for more directions
Continued from reverse side For older children:
Make sure your child eats or drinks all the food or drink that
If you do not have a measuring teaspoon, then use a regular is mixed with the medicine.
teaspoon. When using a regular teaspoon it may be hard to
measure portions (1/4, 1/2, or 3/4) of a teaspoon. Do the best
you can. It is better to give a little more medicine than not
enough.
How to Make Liquid Tamiflu®

My child’s name ____________________
My child’s dose is ___________________
Important Information:
Mix this amount with food or liquid. See below. Tamiflu® may prevent FluMist® from working well. If your
child was given FluMist® within the last one to two weeks,
talk to your doctor before giving your child Tamiflu®.
Step 3 Possible Side Effects of Tamiflu®:
 Stomach pain, upset stomach, nausea, throwing up,
This medicine can be given with or without food. Giving it diarrhea
with meals may lessen symptoms of nausea and vomiting.
 Nosebleed
 Dizziness, headache, difficulty sleeping, tiredness
Warnings
Stop use and seek medical help if your child develops any
of these rare but dangerous symptoms:
 Allergic effects such as: trouble breathing; closing
One (1) dose of Mix with: sugar, chocolate or of the throat; swelling of lips, tongue or face; hives
Tamiflu® liquid flavored syrup, or flavored dessert  Blistering or peeling skin rash
toppings to hide the bitter taste of
the medicine.  Abnormal behavior, confusion, hallucinations,
speech problems, convulsions
Mix well before giving.
 Yellowing of skin or eyes, dark urine, severe
Make sure your child eats or drinks all of the food or drink
stomach pain, vomiting and loss of appetite
that is mixed with the medicine.
 Irregular heart beat
Step 4 For more information about Tamiflu®, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/antivirals/whatyoushould.htm
Different Ways to Give the Medicine: If you have further questions, contact your family
physician, local pharmacist, or the state designated help line.
Bottle Nipple:
Mix the dose of medicine with a little formula or breast milk.
Then add a little sugar, or chocolate or flavored syrup and put Funded by a federal grant from the Assistant Secretary for
the medicine mix inside the nipple of a bottle. Let your child Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and
suck on the nipple until the medicine is gone. Human Services. Content developed by the Illinois
Emergency Medical Services for Children program and the
Medicine Syringe: Pediatric Preparedness Workgroup. Illustrations provided
Mix the medicine as described in Step 3. Remove cap from by Loyola University Health System, Maywood, Illinois.
tip of syringe. Place tip of syringe into the medicine mix and
draw up into the syringe. Squirt the Note: Information contained in this brochure is based on
medicine into the mouth along the side of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
the cheek. Make sure the child drinks all Influenza Antiviral Medications: Summary for Clinicians
the liquid mixed with the medicine. February 25, 2015.
Revised October 2015

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State of Illinois

Bruce Rauner, Governor

Department of Public Health

Please read all instructions before you begin.

How to Make Liquid Tamiflu®

Revised October 2015

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