Vaccinations - Any Doctors or Nurse Practitioners Here?

SaberX on 25/08/2017 - 19:08
Last edited 25/08/2017 - 19:52

Hi all,

Just wondering and curious from any doctors or registered nurse practitioners who give out shots/vaccinations always, if they could comment on my current situation.

So I decided to finally brush up on my vaccinations since i'm nearly hitting 30 and like everyone else routine vaccinations never crossed my mind.

So this lunchtime i finally got over my needle anxiety and got my booster of DTaP (diptheria, tetanus and pertussis) which is "Boostrix". Your typical 3 in one shot. Last one in 2004 so figured it was time.

Lastly I got Meningococcal ACWY vaccine -4 in 1 - via the "Menactra" vaccine.

Now, i'm all good in terms of apart from the odd sore deltoid muscle. But what I was worried about the follow up drug sheets they provided me, where specifically it mentioned administering Menactra to a seperate site when administering with other injectable vaccines.

I quote:

"Do not mix Menactra with other vaccines in the same syringe. When Menactra is administered
concomitantly with other injectable vaccines, the vaccines should be administered with different
syringes and given at separate injection sites."

The chemist produced Manactra sheet goes into saying "Menactra vaccine may be given at the same time as typhoid vaccines and Td (tetanus and diptheria) vaccines using seperate syringes and into seperate limbs".

Given I was given a choice by the nurse i chose to do both in one arm (my left deltoid) given it seemed easier than getting two sore arms and less anxiety as they could be done in succession.

I know Boostrix is a 3 in 1 - it does still contain tetanus and diptheria.

I am wondering if this advice to administer vaccines at seperate sites is to avoid reactions? Or is this done to increase the chances of sero-converting i.e. immunity producing antibodies being formed at higher rates? My main concern is wasting money/effort by reducing immunity as a result of this.

Other websites advise the same 'where feasible', so it seems like it isn't a life or death compulsory thing? And I mean people do get multiple jabs at once when catching up before a trip? Or do the nurses just not know better? I still have the meningococcal B (Bexsero), Hep a, hep b, and typhoid to do so it would be great to know limitations given there are so many differing opinions and advice out there.

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Comments

  • altomic on 25/08/2017 - 19:35
    +8

    You are now autistic.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2017 - 19:45
      +2

      The vaccine gave him aids.

      But in all seriousness. When i got my travel vaccines the doctor made me lie down and look away in case i fainted.

      I took off my shirt exposing needle drawn tattoos everywhere and prepared for death.

      • SaberX on 25/08/2017 - 19:54

        No issues with fainting here. The question is more so whether immunity levels are compromised by having two vaccines in the same site, i.e. limb.

        You won't catch anything from a vaccine, short of a compromised non-sterilized needle or the like. But they always take them new form the packets given the country we live in.

    • airzone on 25/08/2017 - 21:17
      -1

      He should have gone to "Meningococcal party" for wholesome, natural immunity.

      • SaberX on 15/09/2017 - 23:04

        Poor taste in jokes. Been a 'statistically speaking' outbreak with ACWY related strains recently with the younger ones. Sure, I'm an adult but i don't think their parents or those unlucky individualy would find it very funny.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2017 - 19:43
      +5

      Let's hope this guy never breeds

    • SaberX on 25/08/2017 - 19:49

      I would rather be vaccinated than not. To be honest the only time i've coincidentally gotten more sick than i ever have was post my first influenza/flu shot in 2015. I will admit it was 'concerning'.

      That said "meningococcal" or any other liver damage from hep a sound alot worse than not doing anything.

      Apologies if it was too long to read. Was just abit of copy paste etc. That said it is probably 20-30 secs tops.. surely there are worse things in life for attention span.

    • AdosHouse on 25/08/2017 - 20:25
      -2

      Yeah vaccines are such a scam, I hate it when I get a vaccine for diptheria, tetanus and pertussis and then get the common cold or flu. Bloody autism causing vaccines! LOL.

      • SaberX on 15/09/2017 - 23:04

        hope you were joking as the DTaP vaccination has no link to that whatsoever. Hopefully not a serious anti-vaxxer comment.

        • AdosHouse on 15/09/2017 - 23:57

          Yeah mate, it was sarcasm.

          It sounded pretty sarcastic in my head, guess its hard to convey that via text without actually putting the word sarcasm in there. Internet really needs a sarcasm font.

  • Skramit on 25/08/2017 - 20:43

    I'm a doctor.

    There's a fair chance you may have just contracted herpes.

  • bion83 on 25/08/2017 - 21:48

    Flat earth!!!!

  • supnigs super skids on 25/08/2017 - 21:48
    +2

    Hay dr here.

    It is to identify which vaccine caused a possible bad reaction.

    PS. McGregor gonna get KO'd the pissy

    • SaberX on 15/09/2017 - 23:03

      thanks

  • onetwothreefour on 25/08/2017 - 22:46
    -3

    I'm a doctor.

    Bikies.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/08/2017 - 23:14

    Im a doctor and you have 5 days to live. im sorry.

  • Aniseed Steed on 26/08/2017 - 08:56
    +5

    I'm a chiropractor and I like to call myself a doctor.

    • [Deactivated] on 29/08/2017 - 03:36

      I'm a naturopath.

      lollll

  • inasero on 06/09/2017 - 17:50
    +3

    I'm a doctor (forreal) - you'll be fine.

    The reason for the recommendation of different limbs is in case of an adverse reaction so we can see which injection was responsible for it, but you'll still get the same protective effect as if you had them administered in different limbs as per the recommendation.

    • SaberX on 15/09/2017 - 23:02
      +1

      thanks for the medical response without taking the piss. Yeap, just genuinely concerned and curious about the effects but as you said if protection is not compromised then no harm at all.

      Ta

      • inasero on 17/09/2017 - 12:31
        +1

        Just out of curiosity what made you decide to go for the ACWY? It's not what I'd consider a "routine" vaccine

  • Bluberry on 16/09/2017 - 00:06

    Relax - you will be fine. The active ingredients of the vaccine gets absorbed into your blood irrespective of which muscle it is injected into. So it all mixes up anyway. The recommendation for different sites is just to minimse the risk of a local reaction and, as the above poster has said, to identify which treatment is responsible in the rare event of an adverse reaction.

    Since you haven't had any issues so far, you will be fine.

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