FDA OKs new inhalable flu vaccine

[Roon]

WASHINGTON - A new formulation of an inhalable flu vaccine that can be stored refrigerated instead of frozen won federal approval, its manufacturer said Monday.

The new version of FluMist should allow for expanded use of the vaccine in places like schools, pharmacies and grocery stores, where the requirement that the original version of the vaccine be kept frozen presented difficulties, according to its manufacturer, MedImmune Inc.

The Food and Drug Administration originally approved FluMist in 2003. The nasal spray delivers weakened live viruses to patients.

FluMist is approved for healthy people ages 5 to 49, though the company seeks expanded approval for use in children as young as 1 as long as they don’t have a history of wheezing or asthma.

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[woodsprite]

1. And they're trying different scents in Sugarland TX and NYC today. n/t

[PDJane]

2. I have a question........

Is the inhalable vaccine stabilized with thimersol? If so, inhaling it could be highly dangerous for young minds......just saying.

[madokie]

3. I just recieved an email from my elderly neighbor and he told me he took the flu shot

this year and now he is as sick as a mule, hey his words not mine. At least his wife didn't take it and she is not sick and can take care of him. I don't like needles so I guess this inhalable vaccine is meant for people like me, trouble is I don't do flu vacines