Parents should know that recommendations for flu vaccinations have recently changed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all children six months through 18 years of age receive a flu vaccine against influenza every year, unless they have a serious egg allergy. In addition to children, the flu shot is approved for healthy people and people with weakened immune systems caused by HIV/AIDS, cancer or other conditions. The FluMist® vaccine nasal spray is approved for use in healthy people 2-49 years of age and women who are not pregnant. Influenza, more commonly known as the flu, causes approximately 36,000 deaths and more than 200,000 hospitalizations each year in the United States. Influenza is a serious and highly contagious illness that is rapidly spread ...
THE QUESTION: Young children who get the flu are far more likely than most adults to end up in an emergency room or hospital, making protection critical for youngsters. Might one of the vaccines now available either a shot or a nasal spray be more effective than the other for children younger than 5? THIS STUDY randomly assigned 8,352 children, from 6 months to 5 years old, to be given either the traditional flu shot and a placebo nasal spray or a nasal spray vaccine (FluMist) and a placebo shot. Children who had never been vaccinated for the flu were vaccinated twice, about a month apart; others were given one vaccination. Based on laboratory tests of nasal swabs taken periodically, about 55 percent fewer children in the nasal spray group than in the flu shot group contracted the flu...
FDA backs Spiriva WASHINGTON -- Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about an inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of lung specialists voted 11-1 in favor of new labeling about the benefits of Boehringer Ingelheim's Spiriva Handihaler. The German company submitted studies to the FDA showing Spiriva reduces specific side effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. CINCINNATI - The Procter & Gamble Co. has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in samples during routine testing.
TRENTON, N.J. -- Could squirting a little medicine up the nose before mealtime be the Holy Grail for people trying to shed pounds? Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. appears to be betting on it, with a multimillion-dollar partnership with a company that last year began small-scale testing of a nasal spray drug designed to make the stomach feel full faster.
LOS ANGELES -- Hate to get flu shots? A new comparison of flu vaccines gives adults a good reason to roll up their sleeves and get a jab in the arm instead of a squirt in the nose. In a study of nearly 2,000 healthy adults during a recent flu season, standard shots were twice as effective against regular winter flu as the newer nasal spray, researchers found.
Zinc is an important mineral for people in their diets," said [Dennis Dilley], "but it's not something that necessarily needs to go inside the nose. "For example, if you have a fuel leak in your car," explained Dilley, "you need your sense of smell to detect it. "If a fire breaks out in your house and you can't smell the smoke, you could risk serious injury or even death if you don't respond quickly." "Claritin and Zyrtec are such products that are generally safe," explained Dr. Dilley, "but it's best if you're on any medicines, to get the advice of your doctor just to be sure that you're not taking something that's going to adversely affect your health."
BLOOMINGTON - The McLean County Health Department's second walk- in H1N1 influenza vaccination clinic has been expanded to include the nasal spray vaccine as well as the injection vaccine. The free clinic will be noon to 6 p.m. Thursday at The Interstate Center, 2301 W. Market St., Bloomington.
ATLANTA - The initial swine flu vaccine doses this week will be the nasal spray version, and arm injections will begin next week to help meet demand, health officials said Tuesday. About 2.2 million doses of nasal spray are available so far. However, the spray is not recommended for some people who are most in danger of complications from flu, including pregnant women and people with asthma. While some priority groups like health care workers and healthy children 2 or older can get vaccinated this week, pregnant women and others at risk should wait.
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