Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Did anyone request preservative-free vaccines?

The Jenny McCarthy thing got me thinking. I was talking to my friends in the medical field and they didn't have answers about the autism link but mentioned that we could request vaccines w/o thimerosal. I'm going to ask about it at her 4mo appt.
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Re: Did anyone request preservative-free vaccines?

  • This is all my husbands practice will order.




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  • imagetrs1978:
    The Jenny McCarthy thing got me thinking. I was talking to my friends in the medical field and they didn't have answers about the autism link but mentioned that we could request vaccines w/o thimerosal. I'm going to ask about it at her 4mo appt.

    You need to call ahead if you plan on getting shots at her 4 month appt and most offices have to special order it.





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  • imagenicolesspirit:
    This is all my husbands practice will order.

    this. DDs' pedi practice will only order the preservative-free ones.

    For flu shots, they won't give the regular ones to kids until 5 (? or some age) and only give preservative-free.

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  • That is all our pedi gives
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  • Isn't the flu shot the only one that still contains thimerosal?
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  • from the CDC:

    •  The preservative thimerosal has been removed from vaccines with the exception of multi-dose influenza
    • Multi-dose vials of influenza vaccine contain thimerosal as a preservative
    • Danish cases of autism rose substantially after thimerosal was removed in 1992 (AJPM 8/2003)
    • Education on the lack of scientific support for thimerosal as a causative agent of autism is as necessary as ever

     

  • The only vaccine that contains thimerisol is the flu vaccine.  It has been removed from all others.  Also, FWIW, you can get the flu vaccine without thimerisol too, you may have to special request that one.
  • imageyale:
    That is all our pedi gives

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