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USA source of monovalent MMR equivalents??
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==Daye== wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:27:11 EDT, (Robyn Kozierok) wrote: I presume there is some theory that it is safer to get them in separate jabs, possibly at separate times? Is there any research to support this? I am not sure of research. However, these are my personal reasons for vaccinating my DD the way I did. Thanks for describing your reasons in detail. Although I personally disagree with the whole "overloading the immune system" theory, the idea of knowing which vaccine a child reacted to, if they have a reaction, makes a lot of sense to me. --Robyn |
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Robyn Kozierok wrote:
I guess that was my main point. Is it known or believed that administering the vaccines separately "nullif[ies] any chance of side effects"? Unless parents are skipping the vaccines they consider too risky, which has its own risks. Can't help you there. I think this is one of the points that needs to be addressed by future studies. Many people seem concerned about it, and my gut feeling is that it makes sense the 3 shots in one have a higher risk than 3 separate shots. However, I don't believe the risks are ever truly zero, they are just a whole lot smaller than the risks of your child getting ill with the disease. -- -- Ilse mom to Olaf (07/15/2002) TTC #2 "What's the use of brains if you are a girl?" Aletta Jacobs, first Dutch woman to receive a PhD |
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USA source of monovalent MMR equivalents??
Astromum said:
Robyn Kozierok wrote: I guess that was my main point. Is it known or believed that administering the vaccines separately "nullif[ies] any chance of side effects"? Unless parents are skipping the vaccines they consider too risky, which has its own risks. Can't help you there. I think this is one of the points that needs to be addressed by future studies. Many people seem concerned about it, and my gut feeling is that it makes sense the 3 shots in one have a higher risk than 3 separate shots. That's not the way I would look at it. As I understand it, nearly(?) every adverse reaction that has been tracked down to the causative agent has been found to have been a reaction to something in the liquid medium, rather than the antigen itself. Giving three separate shots means three exposures to three different batches of liquid medium. It makes sense to me that one shot would be much safer. |
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Lee wrote:
As I understand it, nearly(?) every adverse reaction that has been tracked down to the causative agent has been found to have been a reaction to something in the liquid medium, rather than the antigen itself. That could be, I don't really know. Giving three separate shots means three exposures to three different batches of liquid medium. It makes sense to me that one shot would be much safer. Depends on how the vaccin is 'made'. In the Netherlands they have been known to just mix the two vaccines for DTP and Hib and give them in one shot. So if an allergic reaction occurs, you never know which one caused it, and you have a 50% chance of reoccurence if you want to find out. -- -- Ilse mom to Olaf (07/15/2002) TTC #2 "What's the use of brains if you are a girl?" Aletta Jacobs, first Dutch woman to receive a PhD |
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Astromum said:
Lee wrote: As I understand it, nearly(?) every adverse reaction that has been tracked down to the causative agent has been found to have been a reaction to something in the liquid medium, rather than the antigen itself. That could be, I don't really know. Giving three separate shots means three exposures to three different batches of liquid medium. It makes sense to me that one shot would be much safer. Depends on how the vaccin is 'made'. In the Netherlands they have been known to just mix the two vaccines for DTP and Hib and give them in one shot. So if an allergic reaction occurs, you never know which one caused it, and you have a 50% chance of reoccurence if you want to find out. If you get an allergic reaction, you do skin tests to determine what the factor was. Even if two separate shots were given at the same visit, you would want to do skin tests to be sure you knew which one had caused the reaction. |
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