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post #61 of 73
10/24/08 at 11:16am
They should rename "Medical News Today" to pharmaprop.com and get it over with. Totally shameless.
post #62 of 73
10/24/08 at 11:22am
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Originally Posted by peainthepod View Post
They should rename "Medical News Today" to pharmaprop.com and get it over with. Totally shameless.
post #63 of 73
10/24/08 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by mama1803 View Post
Somewhere I read (I think in the package inserts) that the flu vaccine manufacturer advised that pregnant women NOT get the flu shot and said that no studies had been done to show the effect on the fetus. This was a direct contridiction to what the CDC advises.

Anyone else remember reading this?
I'm sure I remember reading that also, that not that long ago pregnancy was contraindicated for the flu vaccine! I bet if you could find some older flu vaccine inserts it would be in there. I don't have anything bookmarked, but this may help:

“Mercury in all of its forms is toxic to the fetus and children, and efforts should be made to reduce exposure to the extent possible to pregnant women and children as well as the general population.”
Source: American Academy of Pediatricians, Technical Report: Mercury in the Environment: Implications for Pediatricians, Pediatrics 2001;108;197-205.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...rint/108/1/197
post #64 of 73
10/24/08 at 2:26pm
I did get a flu while pregnant and also got one this year with NO bad side effects
post #65 of 73
10/24/08 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by tak View Post
To each their own. I believe the anti-vax movement is based on quack science and fear-mongering -- believe it or not, it's NOT in a company or doctor's best interest to try to harm their clients. Yeesh.

I agree:
post #66 of 73
10/24/08 at 3:12pm

Not to be argumentative, but

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I did get a flu while pregnant and also got one this year with NO bad side effects
How exactly do you know for sure there were no bad side effects? What about things that can't be seen?
post #67 of 73
10/24/08 at 3:13pm
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Originally Posted by alegna View Post
bolding mine... did she actually say Columbia was a polio risk? : Because there has been no wild polio in the western hemisphere in decades... last I checked Columbia was in South America....

-Angela

Actually the pediatrician did not say Columbia, my neighbor did. For some reason I just trusted her information because she has been down there so much. Should have done more homework. Thanks for straightening me up! Interestingly enough, she is pharmaceutical rep. I'll make sure to straighten her up, too!
post #68 of 73
10/24/08 at 11:33pm
Still wouldn't advice putting anything into your body that is even a question...

But I did find this, and since it is flu season, I thought it was worth putting here...

Vit. D...
look up vit. D, and the flu
post #69 of 73
10/26/08 at 6:28pm

FYI - Fluzone and Afluria safety not established...

These two quotes are from fda.gov about the two mercury-free vaccines, Fluzone and Afluria.

-----------------------USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS-------
post #70 of 73
10/26/08 at 6:41pm
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Originally Posted by puffnstuff View Post
I will be getting a flu shot because I have respiratory issues, but I will be getting my shot from my OB's office. I don't have a regular doctor. In my state, pregnant women are among the groups given a mercury-free shot (I will, of course, double and triple check that at the office, too), but depending on where you live, you might have to ask for that to be ordered for you.
Did you ever check to see what they replaced the mercury with? Perhaps you should study this out before assuming that the ingredient is safe just a thought!
post #71 of 73
10/26/08 at 6:48pm
Originally Posted by tak
To each their own. I believe the anti-vax movement is based on quack science and fear-mongering -- believe it or not, it's NOT in a company or doctor's best interest to try to harm their clients. Yeesh.



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I agree:
Make sure you tell that to all the children who have been mentally harmed by them, and to all the parents who trusted and watched it happen, and then recieved no help.

Pretty sick and narrow minded view that all the parents who have experienced this are just quacks.... ! I believed in vaccinations completely and thought the same thing you do, until vaccination reactions happened to my child. Its then that I realized that ignorance happens in the medical field and reactions of children don't mean a thing compared to belief in vacc.!
post #72 of 73
10/26/08 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by GAmomto5 View Post
I was in the military with my first two babies and THEY didn't even recommend that a pregnant woman get a flu shot. Now, coming from people who don't give a rat's a** what they inject into your body, that says a lot!
How on earth did you get out of the flu shot?? I wasn't even anti-vax back then but I knew I did not want the flu shot. I avoided it as long as possible but was finally commanded to and told that if I didn't do it I would be court martialled so I went and got my flu shot, full of mercury, at 4 mos prego
post #73 of 73
10/26/08 at 8:37pm
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Originally Posted by tak View Post
To each their own. I believe the anti-vax movement is based on quack science and fear-mongering -- believe it or not, it's NOT in a company or doctor's best interest to try to harm their clients. Yeesh.
I'll have to remember that when I'm changing my 10-year-old's diapers.
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