All right, all right, all right

[pegkerr]

I'm gonna get the shots.

Shit.

Edited to add: Three and a half hours in the ER, since my clinic didn't stock the vaccine. And I have to go back four more times. Argh.

Comments

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Basically, they developed a better shot. I'm sure it was a major effort to a) make people more willing to get the prophylaxis and b) make the prophylaxis more easily available in third-world countries. The original was, I believe, intraperitoneal (into the abdominal cavity). Unfortunately, the intraperitoneal series is still the standard of treatment in some areas of some countries (because that's what they have on hand, or that's what they can afford), and it doesn't work as well.

Now the response is a double-whammy of the vaccine and immunoglobulin (and, I note, when the post-exposure prophylaxis is being administered, the thing fails if both the vaccine and immunoglobulin are not administered). Some authorities are concerned because the post-exposure prophylaxis in this form is only being manufactured by a single company in the US.

[em-h.livejournal.com]

It was my understanding that the immunoglobulin is not generally given to someone who is more than a certain period of time post-exposure, but you may well know more about this than I do. I had both, but I was treated very shortly after exposure. (Not at home so can't look up the research material I was reading at the time myself).

Peg, I'm really very sorry about the ER wait; it sucks that the health department can't send the vaccine to your doctor, which is what they did in my case. But I still think it's the right decision, no matter how much of a drag it is.