MMR single jabs

[juliespencer9]

hi, has anyone here had their Lo have the single MMR jabs instead of the usual mmr triple shot jabs?

how did they get on with the single jabs? any side effects?

 

[Eala]

As far as I am aware, you can't split it like this anymore? I'm sure I saw a thread not long ago, and they've stopped making the single vaccine for one of the bits (although I'm not sure which "bit").

Sorry, I appreciate that's not much help, but I'm someone else will have more info!

 

[lynne192]

the NHS wont split the jabs you have to go private to do it i have been tryng to get if for my son and been told i need to pay for it so looking into it

 

[Faerie]

I believe that Eala is right and you can't get them in the UK even if you want to.

Perhaps not much help but in Switzerland I could still get them, I asked my paediatrician about them and he said that he would recommend the triple shot over singles (bear in mind he'd have got paid more to sell me the singles) as basically every time you give a shot of course there are chemical compounds and it's better to just give one rather than three. He said there was not benefit to giving them singly.

 

[lynne192]

these are the side effects if you choose to go private:

Do the Vaccinations have any known side effects?
•There is occasionally some pain and swelling at the injection site
•Your child has a 1 in 30 chance of developing symptoms of a mild measles attack, usually occurring after about 7 days and lasting for 2-3 days. Typical symptoms include a high temperature, runny nose, sticky eyes and possibly a rash and/or vomiting. Treat this as you would any 'flu like illness.
•There is a 1 in 1,000 chance of a febrile convulsion, that is a fit as a result of a high fever. To minimise the risk of this happening, treat any high temperature with paracetamol.
•There is a 1 in 20,000 chance of your child temporarily developing idiopathic thrombocytopaenia purpura (ITP). This is a clotting disorder of the blood, that will cause a bruise-like rash. It usually goes away on its own and is rarely serious.

 

[lynne192]

also its £95 per injection but mumps in unavailable in alot of clinics

 

[Lu28]

If you want the single jabs, you have to pay privately for them. I looked into it but there are no stocks of the mumps vaccine anywhere close to where I live and it's doubtful whether you can get them anywhere. Even if you could, you also need the booster in a few years and if it's this difficult to get the jab now, it'll be nigh on impossible at that stage. So we went for the MMR but delayed it to 15 months.

 

[lynne192]

by my health visitor i was told to get single shots because my son has suspected autism and ocd and if given the triple this can aggrivate this illness its hard to explain it doesn't cause autism but if the kids going to get it it can make it alot worse.

 

[special_kala]

were just delaying it until 15 months

 

[juliespencer9]

the NHS wont split the jabs you have to go private to do it i have been tryng to get if for my son and been told i need to pay for it so looking into it

yeah i know you have to pay, its about £400 and they do it in my town
but ive heard from afew people that they have stopped the 3rd jab

 

[Lu28]

the NHS wont split the jabs you have to go private to do it i have been tryng to get if for my son and been told i need to pay for it so looking into it

yeah i know you have to pay, its about £400 and they do it in my town
but ive heard from afew people that they have stopped the 3rd jab

They don't produce the mumps one anymore so it just depends on whether your area has any stocks left.