Thanks for that. All i remember when i was pregnant and ill, is my doctor told me to avoid paracetamol, ibuprofen anything really......so in actual fact i suffered unnecessarily then? I will take your advice though and refer them to their own GPs.

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Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] pandemic FLU

"I would expect they should be excluded, with flu its symptom control and pregnant women are advised to avoid all types of medication when pregnant including paracetamol etc"

Hmmm... Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy at all stages as are a wide range of medicines - therefore I would advise pregnant women/workers to seek consultations with their doctor

2008/11/24 sue harrison-stone <[log in to unmask]>

Dear All
I am really impressed that you are having a good uptake for your flu vaccines. In my Trust very few folk are coming forward to have them. Most who do have them are non clinical which does not help and we wont get even close to herd immunity. On the other hand anyone who does not develope flu as a result of having the vaccine makes it cost effective I suppose. I too wonder if we will have more requests after the BBC drama!

Regards
Sue

> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:20:31 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] pandemic FLU

> To: [log in to unmask]
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> I arranged for the employees in my company to have flu vouchers, supplied by
> Doctorcall. However, some of the employees found they couldn't have the
> vaccine as the places where they were advertised on the Doctorcall website
> no longer had any in stock. So perhaps if there were a surge of customers
> from the TV programme for the flu vaccine they may well find there aren't
> any!
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Bugler
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> Sadly the seasonal flu vaccine, which seems to be more popular this
> year, is not likely to be much help for protection against the Pandemic
> flu.
>
> Has anyone experienced a surge of customers for flu vaccines after the
> television programme the other night -Survivors?
>
> Sandy
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