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Polio Vax ?

NatesLady1309NatesLady1309 member
in February 2012 Moms
Addy has received all of her vaccines with the exception of Hep B and also the one for Rotavirus (which is no longer an option anyway). The Polio I was unsure about and so she started getting it at her 4 month appt and has now had 2 doses. She will be getting her 3rd dose at her 9 mo appt at the end of the month.

My question is... I thought the Polio vax was given orally. She has never once been given anything orally at the doctor's office. Does anyone know why this could be? Does this have to do with me leaving out the Hep B? I think they might have to "alter" the combo shots they give her in order to leave out the Hep B or something. I thought the "best" version of the Polio vax was the oral one so I'm a little concerned now that I realized this.
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  • hphardinghpharding member
    I think the oral is combined with the roto one.
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  • Jen0204Jen0204 member
    The girls have had all of their vaccines at two different practices and none have been oral.
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  • Shawnee11507Shawnee11507 member
    The only oral one given to LOs is the Rotavirus.
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    imageShawnee11507:
    The only oral one given to LOs is the Rotavirus.

    Same here. 

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  • jldubb0626jldubb0626 member

    imageShawnee11507:
    The only oral one given to LOs is the Rotavirus.

    Yes 

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  • KMurph06KMurph06
    Parker's polio vaccine was oral. She hated it.
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  • lancyjolancyjo member
    Our pedi doesn't do any oral vaccines, they're all shots.
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  • n8swifen8swife member

    imagelancyjo:
    Our pedi doesn't do any oral vaccines, they're all shots.

    Ditto

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  • NatesLady1309NatesLady1309 member
    So it seems to be kind of all over the place as to if LOs are getting any oral vaccines at all, not just the Polio one. I will be asking her pedi about it because I am curious but it's interesting to see that so many haven't been given any type of oral vaccines when I thought it was the norm.
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  • mle5dmle5d member
    imageShawnee11507:
    The only oral one given to LOs is the Rotavirus.

    Same with us.
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  • hayliedchayliedc

    LO one got an oral one. It was combined with rotavirus. Her shot record shows that there different brands on vaccinations and that could be the difference in why some get oral ones and some don't. It depends on the kind your dr uses.

     

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  • NatesLady1309NatesLady1309 member
    I found at this website (https://www.immunizationinfo.org/vaccines/polio) that the oral Polio vax is no longer given in the US. Something to do with the oral vaccine having a higher risk of actually giving the patient a case of Polio than the injectable version. Called "vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP)." Were those who got the oral vaccine outside of the US?

    It's weird to me that even though there is a standard immunization schedule (meaning the recommended schedule), how each vaccine is given does not seem to have a "standard."
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  • karleegirlkarleegirl member
    My oldest born in 95 got oral polio vac. Ds2 was born in 2007 and at that time and currently it was no longer recommended. The oral vac is the rotavirus.
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