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child vaccinations and paracetamol

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Pluckyduck · 14/07/2020 16:21

Hello, can someone please put mind at rest re vaccinations?

My daughter is 3.5 and is all up to date with her vaccinations.

However I have just read randomly online that giving paracetamol routinely after jabs can reduce the effectiveness of the vaccines.

My daughter always had 2/3 doses of calpol after her vaccinations. I recall it being the standard advice for 8/16 week ones and I think in my sleep deprived state I just did it automatically for all the jabs so also the 1 year and preschool boosters.

Do I need to do anything? Do I need to contact my GP? Will She have to do them all again? How do I know if the vaccines have worked? I’m worried now I’ve gone through all that with her for nothing!

Can someone help put my mind at rest?
Thank you.

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LIZS · 14/07/2020 17:34

Never come across that. However dd had her vaccinations but was recently discovered to not be rubella immune at 18.

Pluckyduck · 14/07/2020 18:22

Thank you, hopeful bump Smile

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Pluckyduck · 14/07/2020 19:48

Any scientists around maybe? The study was in the lancet but what I can’t seem to find out is if the lower immunity levels with the paracetamol use didn’t actually matter because the levels means the vaccines still effective.

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