I addressed your comments in a post. If you are interested, you can read it here:
http://healthin30.com/2009/12/h1n1-swine-flu-vaccine-follow-up-our-reader-writes/

Thanks again.

Best,
Barbara

You’re welcome. Thank you again for your comments. Your concerns are valid. It’s great that you’re researching a health topic and gathering all the information and obtaining all the facts.

Bruce B. Dan, MD, our medical expert, an infectious disease specialist, addresses your concerns here:

“First, I do not know of any contraindication to receiving the influenza vaccine because you may be taking the above mentioned medications. People may have legitimate concerns, as well they should, about taking vaccines, medicines, or undergoing medical procedures. But there are others who are a part of what has been termed the “anti-vaccine” movement. While physicians respect those individuals’ rights to their beliefs, much of the information they disseminate in their publications and on their websites is inaccurate, unscientific, and misleading.

If you want the most accurate, objective information about vaccines, you’ll find it at http://www.immunizationinfo.org. That’s the website of the National Network for Immunization Information, a non-profit group (they take no funding from any pharmaceutical manufacturer or the government) of leading experts from the American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Nurses Association, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society for Adolescent Medicine.”

Thank you Ms. Parker. As always, if you have any further questions, concerns or comments, please let us know.

Best,
Barbara

Thank you for your questions.

Bruce B. Dan, MD, our medical expert answers your questions. (Regarding your first set of questions):

Individuals with asthma are especially encouraged to get the H1N1
influenza vaccine (as well as the seasonal flu shot!). Tension headaches are not a
contraindication for the vaccine. The only groups who should avoid
getting a flu shot are those with current or past medical issues that would pose
a problem, specifically:
· People who have a severe allergy to chicken eggs.
· People who have had a severe reaction to an influenza vaccination
in the past.
· Children less than 6 months of age

Regarding your next question about adjuvants and thimerosal, Bruce B. Dan, MD addresses this topic in detail here: http://healthin30.com/2009/11/h1n1-swine-flu-vaccine-fears-addressed-single-vs-multi-dose-adjuvants-thimerosal-and-more/

Thank you again for your questions and for following Healthin30.

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

Best,
Barbara