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Old 07-08-2003, 04:12 PM   #1
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Dear Reader,

What do drug companies have in common with fashion designers?
They start working on the next season long before it arrives.

With most of the warm days of summer still ahead of us, the
very last thing most people are thinking about is the flu.
But for drug companies that manufacture flu vaccines, this is
their busy season, getting ready for the autumn rush.

But this year there's going to be a twist. Because this year
one company will be offering a brand new flu vaccine. And
like anything new, "guinea pigs" are needed for testing. Want
to sign up? Sure, it'll be expensive - but the side effects
are free.

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You know...for kids
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A couple of weeks ago the FDA gave its official stamp of
approval to FluMist, the first nasal-spray flu vaccine
available in the U.S.

This may sound familiar. I first told you about FluMist
months ago in the e-Alert "Quicksilver" (12/19/02). At that
time, an FDA panel had recommended that FluMist receive a
final approval, but only for those between the ages of 5 and
49. MedImmune (the manufacturer of FluMist) had hoped the
approved age range would be 5 to 65, but FluMist had proven
neither safe nor effective for people over the age of 50.

In addition...well, there are several additional concerns
about FluMist:

* FluMist increases the risk of asthma attacks in kids under
the age of 5.

* Typical side effects of FluMist include sore throat,
coughing, nasal congestion, and runny nose.

* Clinical trials show that FluMist stops flu-like symptoms
in only half the people who take it.

* FluMist costs about five times more than a traditional flu
vaccine administered by injection.

That added cost creates other possible stumbling blocks.
For one thing, there's a very good chance that insurance
companies won't cover the extra expense because the only
apparent benefit of choosing FluMist over a traditional
vaccine will be to avoid the needle.

And one more thing - doctors are advised that kids aged 5
through 8 (the very age group that tends to hate needles more
than anyone) will need TWO doses of FluMist to be effective.
So the total price for vaccinating each child will be just
under $100 (not including the cost of two visits to the
doctor).

Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Next!

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It's alive!
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The absence of a needle isn't the only difference between
FluMist and an injection vaccine.

Unlike traditional flu vaccines (which use dead flu virus),
FluMist will contain three live flu viruses. That's right -
MedImmune wants to put 3 strains of living flu virus into
your head. But don't worry. The FDA says everything's going
to be just fine. The FluMist viruses are "modified" so they
won't grow at body temperature.

Has MedImmune conducted long-term studies to make absolutely
certain that these "modified" viruses won't find a way to
work around the modifications? No. Which is part of the
reason why many are concerned that FluMist may be harmful for
anyone with a compromised immune system. So the long-
term "study" will, in effect, be conducted on the general
population.

Meanwhile, MedImmune (and its parent company Wyeth) are
investing $100 million to advertise FluMist. But that's a
small investment compared to what they hope will eventually
be a $1 billion a year product.

........ummm, anyone else see the irony in this new drug?
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Old 07-08-2003, 04:15 PM   #2
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Yes...someone like me!

What people imagine...shees!
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Old 07-08-2003, 04:22 PM   #3
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here is a link to some less sensationalistic information on FluMist:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/flumist/
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Old 07-09-2003, 04:41 PM   #4
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i get the flu once a year with or without injection, i'd rather just have the flu then pay $50 for a runny nose for a few days then getting the flu...
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