Tamiflu Dosage for Treatment or Prevention of the Flu in Children
For the prevention or treatment of
the flu in children ages 1 to 12, the recommended dosage of
Tamiflu will be based on the weight of the child. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist about the specific dosage for your child.
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of Tamiflu for infants under one year of age for the 2009-2010 H1N1 flu season. However, Tamiflu is not recommended for very young infants (under three months of age) unless the situation is critical, since there is very little information about how to properly dose this medication in young infants.
Because there is a shortage of Tamiflu oral suspension, your pharmacist may need to make a suspension using the capsules. It is very important to understand that this pharmacist-made suspension will be a different concentration (15 mg per mL) from the commercially available Tamiflu suspension (12 mg per mL).
General Tamiflu Dosage Information
Here is some general information you should know about your Tamiflu dosage:
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