Did your GP give you Infanrix / Mercury-Free vaccines

[twiglett]

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my hv won't do it for my ds2 i have been asking for infanrix since he was due his first vaccinations(12 months).
though i am sure that they are phasing out mercury in dtp vaccines this year - again my hv is being very vague
you need jimjams......

I got it twiglett and that was before i even KNEW they had mercury in. I stupidly did a bit of research too late but when i checked dd had had the Infanrix. I know this won't help you as i'm in the North east but just wanted to let you know!

GOOD LUCK+

we're at the Heron practice at the John Scott Health Centre, N4 on Green Lanes in Hackney.

we def had infanrix here
Richmond surgery, richmond close, fleet, hants
I knew nothing about it either, I assumed it was standard!

I posted on your other thread but yes, we got Infanrix. I'm in Bristol and I understood that this is what they give as a pre school booster anyway. The GP had it on her desk in front of her in a tupperware container marked 'pre-school' so she couldn't tell me they didn't have it. Oh, I'm frustrated on your behalf.

Got mercury free vaccine for dd. I live in Falkirk district in Scotland & apparently the Scottish Executive have promised these to any parent who asks for them. If you're interested I'll try to dig out a link to the Scotsman newspaper which is where I found out about this.
I had no problems at all getting them so I'm sorry to hear that you are.

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Yes, East Sussex. (see other thread)

just checking replies so BUMP!

twiglett why not as the person who usually does the ordering for the surgery- they'll know where to get it as they'll be giving it to their pre-schoolers.

When I was pndering I asked the nurse in our practice and she said she would just order it in for me and to let her know when. Didn't test her out because of course we didn;t give anything......She happily showed me the ingredients etc though.

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Found it but only on a view as html page Try this link anyway

66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:qO_f15YbT6kJ:www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/publications/ThiomersallettertoNHSScotlandSept03.pdf+DTaP+hib+infants+NHS&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

You might want to ask your GP whether the dept of health will still believe that the risks of whooping cough still exceed "any theoretical risk from thimerosil" for a child with a family history of autoimmunity given the research by Hornig, Chian and Lipkin published last week by Molecular Psychiatry.

grrr theoretical risk - arseholes.

(BTW my son was exposed to whooping cough at 4 months - several times - from 4 different children- whoops (I was being a bit dozy)- he was fine- didn't get it!)

It says that people with a valid reason can still request infanrix. If you turn up with a copy of the paper- and with a family history of arthritis type conditions I think that wouuld constitute a valid reason. WOuld be worth forcing your GP to read the paper anyway. Tamum has sent me a copy If you want me to email it to you contact me via mumsnet.

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I would say fine to copy them I often use govt memos etc in my letters to the LEA etc

Actually not really sure why they are talking about pertussis when the issue is hib (the evidence for wP being more effective than aP in terms of pertussis protection isn't clear). And the hib issue is nowhere as clear as they have suggested in the memo.

I'll email the paper to you as soon as I get yours.

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Twiglett

I've managed to find two articles from 'The Scotsman' newspaper
here
and
here
which you might find interesting if only to give you ammunition for your case.
Hope they help.