RSV vaccine

NotSpaghetti

You can easily report yellow card online.
I have done so for my anticoagulant.

I am familiar with the Yellow card site. The only problem is that I have so many conditions and medications, that it takes ages to fill in the forms.
I have also been contacted by the pharma manufacturers asking for consent to access my medical records and contacting my consultants..

If this helps to refine the medications and vaccines, I am happy to do so.

Although this article is about shingles, maybe it’s the same reason why the RSV vaccine is not offered to those who are older than 79. It would be helpful if this information was published. Having said that I made an appointment for my husband and he is 81. It will be interesting to find out if he is turned away on the day.
Although if it might be detrimental to his health maybe he shouldn’t attend?
Why can’t the NHS/our doctors explain more?

From 1 September 2024, those who turn 75 and those age 75 to 79 will be eligible for a free vaccine to protect them from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

RSV is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs

I had this jab on Friday past and have had no ill effects at all, not even an aching arm.

Same as lostspecs not even achy arm no effects whatsoever and it’s a once only jab.

Had mine on Tuesday and the same for me. No side effects at all.

Mine yesterday, no problems and relieved to have had this protective vax

"CDC recommends every one over 75 unless contra-indicated.
But America usually seems a bit ahead of us medically".

Perhaps I am being cynical BUT my first thought was that in America the drug companies and Medics will benefit financially from everyone who can be scared into having the vaccine.

scared into having the vaccine
Many of us need the vaccine as an attempt to prevent us being hospitalised as a result of what could be a cold that develops into a chest infection. Chest infections can be ver serious for some over 75’s - a good friend recently hospitalised twice after a cold became more sinister

If this is to prevent older people from being ill with RSV why is there a cut off age limit at 79. ?What about the 80 /90 year olds ?
I am 86 and don't qualify . I wonder what the thinking is behind this.

I'd always assumed this was something that affected babies and very young children more than adults who had probably developed immunity over the years. Perhaps not.

As the mother of a very young toddler who had bronchiolitis, presumably from a virus, (we'd never heard of RSV then) it was a frightening experience. When I think about it now, she should have been hospitalised but the locum GP who called very late at night just said keep her in a steamy room. She recovered but did suffer chest problems for years.

I've had a pneumonia vaccination, but perhaps this is more specific.

west end girl, I was told research shows the vac is less effective in those over 79

grandMattie

I would certainly have it. There are very few vaccines (if any) not worth having.
Go for it!

I agree. I trust my doctor and, at 79, I have every vaccine offered. I have had very few side effects, and those that I had were mild. That’s except for my reaction to the Anti-rabies jabs (3!) which I had to have into my stomach in the 80s! They were beyond nasty and I was very ill, so much so that after the second one, my doctor told me to stop them as she said the injections were more damaging to me than rabies would be, as I had the protection of two jabs at that point.

Neither of us had side effects -- my thoughts, better a painful jab than a serious illness. We take any vaccine when offered.

I've searched a number of scientific and medical journals about the RSV vaccine and there is no mention of it not being suitable for over-80s. In fact every study I looked at recommended it for 75 years+ in an effort to stop older people getting severe breathing conditions that would hospitalize them.

My conclusion is that as this is a new vaccine rollout for older people they are rolling it out for different age groups in turn. They did the same for repeat COVID vaccines (or at least they did here). It probably makes it more manageable to manage appointments, vaccine supplies and staff. So 80+ years may possibly get called later. IMO.

I had it on Thursday. No ill effects.
I asked why such a narrow window and was told research has shown our age group, (75 - 79) babies under 2 and pregnant mothers are most likely to benefit.
Do I believe this?

Grammarretto as we are all either being told, or reading the same research, why wouldn’t we believe it to be accurate - so far as research shows to date

I had mine last week. No side effects. I felt worse after my last covid jab.

I shall have it if invited.

BigBopper

I will have whatever the GP wants me to have. The government would not be spending all this money on vaccinations if they didn't work. They have never let me down yet. I never get the 'flu, I never had Covid (so fingers crossed and touching wood) let's hope it continues,

What a sensible message, BigBopper - you are so right. It's refreshing to have someone so positive, although generally the thread does seem to be filled with people who intend to have this jab. We had ours today. I have always fought shy of any kind of vaccination until I caught what must have been a close realative of Covid about a year before it became famous, and was so ill that I leapt at the opportunity to have flu and Covid jabs after that awful time.

I had the RSV jab last Thursday, no problems for 3 days then Sunday started an horrendous head cold with sore throat, ear ache, runny nose, and a few other bad cold symptoms. It seems no one else I know of has had this reaction, which doesn't exactly make me feel better! I await my GP to ring me to let me know how to handle this. In the meantime am feeling very sorry for myself and a wee bit scared

Has no one else on GN reacted to the jab in this way???

I had it on Saturday, had no side effects and didn't even have a tender arm. I was told that this may be a one-off vaccination.

i was part of the trial for the RSV and apparently was given it not a placebo, am hoping my sister will be offered it as she is asthmatic, has copd and part of her lung missing due to cancer

I had an e-mail yesterday. I will have it when it is my turn but the e-mail advised not to have the RSV at the same time as Covid/Flu injections.

I emailed my GP and asked him why, at the age of 82 I could not have the RSV vaccine as I had been in hospital with double pneumonia two years before.

He told me (and I also checked online) that the cut off age was 79 years. I found this ridiculous, don't the 80 year olds and over deserve the same sort of protection as younger people or are we disposeable.