The alarm about tne influenza vaccine was unjustified 17/08/2010

he alarm about the flu vaccine was unjustified
COUNTRY - Madrid - 17/08/2010
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That most people could spend the flu without vaccine has been demonstrated by the facts after the last winter. But the debate on what should be a missing data, and if those immunized were subjected, as they say opposites, to an additional risk. And the report on adverse effects reported after more than two million vaccinations to the Spanish Agency of Medicinal Products (EMEA, Ministry of Health) showed that there was no such danger. The drug's safety profile is similar to the nine million immunizations, without controversy, given each winter flu.

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"The vast majority of adverse reactions to vaccines for pandemic influenza A/H1N1 reported to the Spanish System of Pharmacovigilance Humana (SEFV-H) have been mild and are within the expected and described in the technical specifications of the three vaccines licensed in Spain, "the agency said in a note.
The data "are similar to those that have been reported in other European countries, which means that the benefit risk of pandemic vaccines used in Spain since 16 November (when it began the vaccination) remains favorable "he adds. Injection site
In particular, the pharmacovigilance system received 3,306 suspected adverse reactions for 1,239 people (some of vaccinees reported more than one possible problem.) Of these, 1,033 (31%) relate to problems in the injection site. The other symptoms were fever (423 responses, 13%), fatigue and malaise (291, 9%), muscle and joint pain (283, 9%), headache (6%), allergic reactions (4%) and nausea and vomiting (3%). "All these symptoms were generally mild and resolved within a few hours," said Health.
Apart from that, it established a special monitoring system for other more serious complications. The worst is the Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disease in which the patient's immune system attacks the nervous system. We have studied five cases (two were discarded) and was not able to conclude that due to the vaccine.