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You can get seasonal flu shots from a Pharmacist at a drug store without a physician's prescription in the US. The vaccine is not available in quantity to individuals over the counter.
There is no vaccine yet for the 2009 Swine Flu (Influenza A, Novel H1N1) available. The drug manufacturers who usually make vaccines now have some of the virus sent to them by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and have begun the process of developing vaccines for this strain of the virus. They anticipate having this available for use in the US by the next seasonal flu season. It may also be available for use in the Southern Hemisphere during their flu season this summer. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) will be working with the manufacturers to approve the safety and efficacy of the vaccines once developed and put into human trials.
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What can you buy over the counter if you have the flu?
Theraflu
How long to wait between flu vaccine and shingles vaccine?
interval- flu vaccine and the shingles vaccine
Can flu vaccine be given at the same time as the varicella vaccine?
Yes, you can get flu vaccine and varicella vaccine at the same time.
Is swine flu vaccine available all over the world?
Yes
Avian flu vaccine?
Q-pan is the approved vaccine for Avian Flu or H5N1.
Why has a vaccine been developed for the flu and for the common cold?
Because people are scared to get the flu and think that the flu vaccine will halp them. The government makes too much money off of them to stop selling the vaccines even though they are for last years strand of the flu and don't prevent you from getting the flu that is currently going around during flu season. The common cold is easy to get rid of with over the counter medicine but if the government can sell a special vacine to make more money they will. Not trying to sound anti government.
When can you stop flu shots?
The flu vaccine is recommended for children and the elderly but nobody is forced to get it. Whether or not to get a flu vaccine is a personal choice.
Can a flu vaccine be given to a sick patient?
Unless they have a high fever, yes and they probably should have one because they are sick. However, there are a few circumstances when the vaccine should not be given. See the related question below about who should not get a flu vaccination.
If flu vaccine is left out of refrigerator how long is it good for?
how long is flu vaccine good for if left out of the refrigerator
Can you give flu vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine together?
no
Are you immune to Influenza after you have had it?
You are not immune to Influenza. Even getting the yearly flu vaccine is no guarantee that a person won't get the flu. You can get the flu but it won't be as bad as it could be if you hadn't received the flu vaccine.
How many flu shots do you get if you're sick?
None. If you are already sick with the flu, a flu shot for that type of flu will not help you. It is a vaccine to preventthe specific viral infection, not a cure or treatment.However, since the seasonal flu vaccination in the US is trivalent (contains vaccine for 3 different types of flu), it is still good to get the vaccination even if you have already become sick with one of the types of flu in the vaccine, you still need the vaccine to prevent the other two types. And the type you have may not even be one of the three in the vaccine at all.You can get the vaccination as long as you do not have a fever. But waiting until you are completely over the current infection is a good idea, so you can rest in bed to get over the infection as quickly as possible, and so you don't pass it on to someone else while you are out in public.
