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Upping dose may help elderly fight flu

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Upping dose may help elderly fight flu

HOUSTON, May 23 (UPI) -- A higher dose of influenza vaccine may increase elderly patients' immune response without significant adverse effects, a U.S. study finds.

While influenza vaccines have shown to be effective at 15 micrograms of inactivated virus per strain for the adult population, the vaccine has not always been effective in the elderly.

Dr. A. Keitel of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston studied the response to vaccines containing 15, 30 and 60 micrograms of virus among 202 individuals age 65 years and older -- average age 72.4 -- in 2002.

On average, the individuals who received higher dosages of vaccine had higher concentrations of antibodies against the flu virus in their blood one month later. In addition, a larger percentage of those who received the higher-dose vaccines had what physicians believe is a sufficient immune response to protect them from developing the flu if they were exposed to the virus.

All three vaccine dosage levels were safe and well tolerated, according to the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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As the saying goes...what doesn't KILL us makes us stronger...

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> HOUSTON, May 23 (UPI) -- A higher dose of influenza vaccine may

increase elderly patients' immune response without significant

adverse effects, a U.S. study finds.

> While influenza vaccines have shown to be effective at 15

micrograms of inactivated virus per strain for the adult population,

the vaccine has not always been effective in the elderly.

> Dr. A. Keitel of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston

studied the response to vaccines containing 15, 30 and 60 micrograms

of virus among 202 individuals age 65 years and older -- average age

72.4 -- in 2002.

> On average, the individuals who received higher dosages of

vaccine had higher concentrations of antibodies against the flu

virus in their blood one month later. In addition, a larger

percentage of those who received the higher-dose vaccines had what

physicians believe is a sufficient immune response to protect them

from developing the flu if they were exposed to the virus.

> All three vaccine dosage levels were safe and well tolerated,

according to the study published in the Archives of Internal

Medicine.

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ROFL!

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Who is Rolf [sic] or are you barfing?

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ROFL!Debi> >> > I have heard that if you bath in hazardous waste- it has a > cleansing action!!!!!>

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No, not puking. ROFL means " Rolling On Floor Laughing " .

Debi

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> Who is Rolf [sic] or are you barfing?

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OIC WURUREELEEROF?

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More like <thud> I usually pass out when I vomit. Lol. You're too funny.

Debi

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Text messaging:Rolling on floor laughing- I think.

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OIC.

I had a bunch of one liners, but the server was slow.

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