ADVICE ON PRESCRIPTION AND OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS
FROM PHARMACIST BRUCE GREENWALD

TODAY IS NOV THE 5TH AND ITS TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT GETTING A FLU SHOT. THE MOST COMMON QUESTION I GET CONCERNING THE FLU SHOT IS CAN I GET THE FLU FROM THE SHOT.??

THE ANSWER IS NO!!! THE SHOT THAT YOU WILL GET HAS DEAD VIRUS IN IT. SO YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING THE FLU FROM THIS SHOT, HOWEVER YOU MAY EXPERIENCE SOME SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE SHOT.

I GOT MY SHOT LAST WEEK BECAUSE I AM DIABETIC AND I WANT THE SHOT AS EARLY AS I CAN GET IT, IT TAKES TWO WEEKS TO TAKE EFFECT!! ONCE I GOT THE SHOT I HAD A SMALL PAIN IN MY ARM FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS, AND I FELT A LITTLE ACHE IN MY MUSCLES FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS. I HAD JUST A SLIGHT FEVER FOR A DAY, BUT ALL THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN GETTING THE FLU, WHICH AS A DIABETIC CAN PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL!!

TOMMORROW WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW TO TREAT THE FLU ONCE YOU GET IT, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE FLU SHOT OR ANY OTHER RX DRUG OR OTC DRUG. I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON