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November 14, 2024

📋 What Medications Should Not Be Taken With a Flu Shot? (AARP Article)

  • November 14, 2024
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FROM THE ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE!!!
 
5 Medications That Interact With the Flu Shot.
 
Some drugs can make the influenza vaccine less effective.
 
By Terry Ann Donner, AARP. Published November 13, 2024.
 
Imagine showing up for a pain injection and your pain management physician cancels your appointment because you just received the flu vaccine.
 
John Meyerhoffer, an 85-year-old retired police officer, has debilitating knee pain. He receives steroid injections every three to four months to manage his pain.
 

https://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-2024/flu-shot-medication-interaction.html

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    GailL1
    GailL1
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    November 14, 2024

    While I think this is a wonderful and informative article,  I don’t believe that the medical form one completes to get the annual flu shot ask about any medications - OTC or Rx - neither does the handout they give you about potential side effect.

     

    Seems this should be a caution given to people before they get their annual dosing and then as a warning after they get the vaccine.  

     

    But maybe I am remembering things wrong.  Am I?  

    IT‘S ALWAYS SOMETHING . . . . .. . . . Roseanne Roseannadanna
      SummerOnTheWay1
      SummerOnTheWay1Author
      November 14, 2024

      📎  Gail @GailL1 , I can only speak for myself. NOT sure if you are right or wrong. I always find out what NOT to do with any meds I take. In my opinion, NOT saying I am correct - EACH person is "responsible" for themselves = ASK questions. Lol, I am way too scared of "reactions" to vaccines to NOT ask. You brought up some good points!!!  👍

       

      [*** GAIL wrote: While I think this is a wonderful and informative article,  I don’t believe that the medical form one completes to get the annual flu shot ask about any medications - OTC or Rx - neither does the handout they give you about potential side effect.

       

      Seems this should be a caution given to people before they get their annual dosing and then as a warning after they get the vaccine.  

       

      But maybe I am remembering things wrong.  Am I?  ***]

      GailL1
      GailL1
      Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
      November 14, 2024

      Have you had your annual flu vaccine this year?  What did they say about the subject meds in the article you posted - did they know?

      I get mine at the local pharmacy - while I knew about some of the meds mentioned in the article - I didn’t know about others that didn’t involve me but would involve others.  

       

      IT‘S ALWAYS SOMETHING . . . . .. . . . Roseanne Roseannadanna
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