Swine Flu Vaccine Side Effects

Sorry to disappoint you, but there is currently no vaccine for swine flu. Instead, anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu can be effective in reducing the symptoms of flu up to 2 days after flu is contracted - see Tamiflu side effects: children. Once a vaccine is created, swine flu vaccine side effects would be the same (most likely) as the current flu vaccine side effects.

The most common side effects experienced are soreness at the injection point, which goes away in 2 days, and less common side effects are fever and muscle aches, which are treatable with regular pain medication.

BTW, swine flu vaccine if quite a few months away even though scientists are racing to get it out.

Meriden Co. Working On Swine Flu Vaccine - Health News Story … - MERIDEN, Conn. — A Meriden company says it is working with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in preparing a swine flu vaccine. Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

Knight Science Journalism Tracker » Blog Archive » NY Times: A … - It’s a slow process, and at that rate, it’s going to take until January to produce enough swine flu vaccine to protect all Americans. At the earliest, Andrew Pollack adds in his story in Wednesday New York Times, the vaccine could be …

Time to Make Swine Flu Vaccine? Maybe Not Yet - BusinessWeek - France’s Sanofi Aventis, the global No. 1 maker of influenza vaccines, says it could start mass-producing a swine-flu vaccine as early as September. But would that be a good idea? The answer isn’t as simple as you might think. Sanofi…

US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May - Kansas City Star - US scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but are finding that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs - the chief way flu vaccines are made.

Swine flu vaccine may be available in 6 months - Russian expert - “A vaccine against swine flu could be developed at best in six months”

Companies Start Initial Work on Swine Flu Vaccine - General … - Manufacturers have taken the first preparatory steps in developing a vaccine against a new strain of flu that has killed up to 149 people in Mexico and threatens to become a pandemic.

Pandemic Information News: No swine flu vaccine before Sept: US … - WASHINGTON (AFP) – A top US health official told lawmakers that there were “active efforts” to develop a vaccine against deadly swine flu but warned that it will not be ready before September. “If everything went great, production could …