 [ Symptoms ] can you take headache relief equate brand medicine with tamiflu [ Disease ] for the most definitive answer you should pick up the phone and consult a pharmacist he or she can tell you what over the counter medications are safe to take with tamiflu generic name oseltamivir in general however it should be ok to take an over the counter pain reliever with tamiflu oseltamivir is an anti viral medication it does not contain pain relievers if you have come down with the flu i am sorry to hear it and wish you well