Flu vaccine racket Allergies
Chicken
Ingredients
See: Allergy (peanut) Allergies
[2017 Feb] Patients with an Allergy to Eggs Are at Risk of Anaphylaxis from MMR Vaccine
[2016 Sept] Vaccine-glyphosate link exposed by Anthony Samsel
Flu vaccine
racket
Package inserts
Fluvirin
Influenza Virus Vaccine
Medeva Pharmaceuticals
1-888-MEDEVA
(716)274-5300
produced using embryonic fluid (chicken egg), neomycin, polymyxin, thimerosal,
betapropiolactone
medium: embryonic fluid (chicken egg)
FluShield
Influenza Virus Vaccine, Trivalent, Types A&B
Wyeth-Ayerst
1-800-934-5556
produced using gentamicin sulfate, formaldehyde, polysorbate 80, tri(n)butylphosphate,
thimerosal
medium: chick embryos
MMR
Measles Mumps Rubella Live Virus Vaccine
Merck & Co., Inc.
1-800-672-6372
produced using sorbitol, neomycin, hydrolyzed gelatin
mediums: M&M - chick embryo
Rubella - human diploid cells (originating from human
aborted fetal tissue)
M-R-Vax
Measles and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live
Merck & Co., Inc.
1-800-672-6372
produced using neomycin, sorbitol, hydrolyzed gelatin
mediums: M - chick embryo
R - human diploid cells (originating from human aborted
fetal tissue)
Meruvax II
Rubella Virus Vaccine Live
Merck & Co., Inc.
1-800-672-6372
produced using neomycin, sorbitol, hydrolyzed gelatin
medium: human diploid cells (originating from human aborted fetal tissue)
Industry spiel:
Egg allergy is quite common in children under 5, and much more common in
children than in adults. Around 60,000 children in the UK have egg allergies. In
the UK schedule, both the Nasal Flu Vaccine (Fluenz Tetra) and the Inactivated
Flu Vaccine may contain traces of egg proteins. This is because the flu virus is
grown on fertilised hens' eggs. Egg-free flu vaccines have been developed but so
far they have not been consistently available. Others are also being developed.
However, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has now advised
that most children with an egg allergy can be safely vaccinated with the nasal
flu vaccine (Fluenz Tetra). This is because the ovalbumin content is very low.
The only exception is children who have a history of severe anaphylaxis to eggs
which has previously needed treatment in intensive care. These children should
be referred to specialists for immunisation in hospital. This advice is based on
a recent study called SNIFFLE which tested Fluenza Tetra on several hundred
children with egg allergy. See more information about the SNIFFLE study and an
information sheet from Public Health England showing the ovalbumin content of
flu vaccines in the 2015/16 season .
In the past, people with an egg allergy were advised not to
receive the MMR vaccine. Advice on this changed more than ten years ago. The
measles and mumps viruses are grown on a culture which contains chick embryo
cells (not on eggs). This means that there is not enough egg protein in the MMR
vaccine to cause allergic reactions, so children with severe egg allergies can
safely receive the MMR. Doctors have carefully studied this issue and confirmed
that there is no increased risk of reactions to the MMR vaccine in children who
are allergic to eggs. Other non-routine vaccines, such as yellow fever vaccine,
may also contain egg proteins. Those with egg allergy should always ask about
egg protein content before receiving a vaccine.
https://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vaccine-ingredients (copied 21 April 2016)