Help! Where can I find infarix (3-in-1) vaccine?

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Does anyone know if the infarix is still available in UK. My GP and hospital claim that there is only infarix + IPV (a 4-in-1). Before I succumb to this, can anyone confirm that this is the case?

TIA

think its called infanrix if you want to search previous messages jimjams really knows her stuff. is this a mercury issue? as the 5 in 1 introduced last year is now mercury/thimerosol free (unsure of spelling)

there is a company called direct health 2000 who we used for single vacs. they may also have infanrix or maybe try jabs website

Direct Health 2000 were going to give my dd Infanrix but they only had very limited supplies so i (had* to have the 4 in one really.
On her last one though they gave three in one and seperate polio. When i complained and said that that was what i had wanted in the first place they were confused so i don't know, they might have some left!
They are a nightmare lately though i warn you.
The Doctors are o.k (i've met one absolute arrogant MORON!!, but the admin is CRAP!

Thanks.
Shrubs - no is the fact that there is autoimmune diseases in the family, and I would like to reduce the early exposure to high concentration of adjuvants (thought to bre themain trouble behind vaccine problems...).
However DS will be starting nursery next week, so I need to have something really fast!

the nhs now give dead polio vax as opposed to the live one which they used previously. not authority on this but i would search jimjams as name search and vaccinations or mercury in words to find. the nhs website should provide exactly what the new vaccines contain - on request they sent me the list of what each vaccine contain. or google jabs org which has all the latest news and detailed info

infanrix [DTaP] is still around but in short supply - but your gp ought to be able to order it - maybe they just want to give you the four in one because that is what they have? I would say if going to nursery i would want a single hib more than the infanrix - can your gp do that for you?

i mean as the first jab to get..

Hi Ruty,
Could you expand on your reasons to give a single hib first?
Is it more of a risk?

i don't know how old your child is, and i don't know if you are still breastfeeding. But hib is a bacteria which can cause meningitis - it used to be the most common form of bacterial meningitis before the vaccine. The risk is thought to be higher in children who are not breastfed and attend daycare. Other children will probably be immunized which helps reduce the risk, but the bacteria can still circulate in their nasal tracts. All of us grew up without the vaccine, but the risk may be slightly greater now asa hib is becoming increasingly antibiotic resistant.

if it were a choice between DTaP [ and the only one of those your child is at risk from at daycare is pertussis] and hib i would go for the hib,as the disease is potentially so harmful, and then go for the DTaP a month or two later.

Thanks for that ruty!
DS is 5 months old and still exclusevely breastfed.
I'll see if I can convince GP to give single Hib...
Wish me luck!
btw, he has had menC, would that change your choice?

i think Men C is a rarer form of meningitis than Hib - probably still good idea if going to nursery, but i think i would go for the Hib over the Men C. Your Gp should be able to order in a single Hib - depends how understanding he is! I know Holborn Medical Centre [something like that - google Dr Halvorson] offers single Hib jabs if you have problems. they may do Infanrix too but i know they had some supply problems. Your ds being breastfed will certainly give him some protection but i'm afraid i've no idea if that is enough to protect him from Hib in daycare - it may be great protection, it may be less so. Not enough conclusive studies either way! It will help him thru the jabs tho. Good luck with it all.

Direct Health does sigle Hib too. DD is getting her first one With MenC in December.

BTW pertussis is thought to be dangerous to under ones [as averse to highly unpleasant]so it is probably worth getting the DTaP as well - though i would have thought he was unlikely to get it at nursery, but you never know.

also if you go ahead with the single hib, try to leave a week in between before he goes to nursery, as after the Hib vaccine studies suggest there is a slight increase in the risk of coming down with hib meningitis for a week afterwards. I haven't heard of any cases personally, but probably best to let his immune system settle down with the jab before exposing him to all the lovely immune boosting germs at nursery!