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Does Taking Tamiflu While On Kidney Dialysis Cause Any Harm?

Hi I have a roommate who has had a Kidney transplant. The doctor here who IS NOR her doctor wants her to take Tamiflu to prevent her from getting the flu from me. She goes to dialysis because pneumonia she had shut her kidney down. Nurse comes in and wants her to take it. I to her she can refuse. I tol her that I won t take it unless I knew if it would mess up her kidney. She hesitated and the took because she didn t want to argue. I just found out she wasn t supposed ro take anything like this. Now what should she do
Thu, 9 Aug 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.



Taking Tamiflu in renal disease depends on the severity of the disease , if EGFR is more then 10 less then 30, he can take it but once in 48 hours. If more than 3o then once in 24 hours for prevention. However, if the EGFR is less then 10 (most patients on dialysis have less then 10) then it should not be taken for prevention or treatment. So just ask if she knows her EGFR , if more then 10 its ok. If it is less than 10, she should not take any more tablets, hopes single pill wont cause any problems, it would be highly appreciated if she could just inform her primary doc.



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Does Taking Tamiflu While On Kidney Dialysis Cause Any Harm?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Taking Tamiflu in renal disease depends on the severity of the disease , if EGFR is more then 10 less then 30, he can take it but once in 48 hours. If more than 3o then once in 24 hours for prevention. However, if the EGFR is less then 10 (most patients on dialysis have less then 10) then it should not be taken for prevention or treatment. So just ask if she knows her EGFR , if more then 10 its ok. If it is less than 10, she should not take any more tablets, hopes single pill wont cause any problems, it would be highly appreciated if she could just inform her primary doc. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.