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Safeguard Your Health This Flu Season Nov 12, 2017 | By Mayo Clinic Transplant Staff (@mayoclinictransplantstaff)Comment receiving replies
@howard_newkirk, Hi, Howard, and Welcome. This is a very good question! I did not realize that there were so many options.
Since my transplant, I have always been given the high dose (for seniors) as an extra protection due to my immunosuppression; I qualify for it now because of age.
Are you a transplant patient? What does your transplant provider recommend?
Rosemary
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@howard_newkirk, You made me curious! And on top of that, there was an article in our local paper today about flu shots. I found the following information that I want to share with you. This link to the CDC tells about the different flu vaccines. I think this will help to sort out your confusion.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.htm
Rosemary
@rosemarya - very informative! I have only gone to the CDC website when traveling out of the country but I might need to use it as a reference more often. Thanks for being our sleuth!
Lynn
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I am not a transplant patient, but I do have stents and a pacemaker. So far doctors all seem to say just take whatever you are offered and even at Mayo they don't know which one the clinic is using this year. I did the high does, non-recominant, trivalent. Quadravalent wasn't available where I live.