Anyone had a Hepatitis B vaccination?

[JohnCU]

I'm getting all my shots and stuff and although Hepatitis B is not one of the required vaccinations, the nurse told me it would be a good idea to think about getting it. However, she said it was expensive, so does anyone know how much $?

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Originally posted by: Dismal
I'm getting all my shots and stuff and although Hepatitis B is not one of the required vaccinations, the nurse told me it would be a good idea to think about getting it. However, she said it was expensive, so does anyone know how much $?

That's something you ask the nurse when she says: "its expensive" because it will obviously vary from location to location and if it's covered under your health care provider

 

[Scipionix]

should be covered by your insurance. I think it could be as much as $50/dose X 3 doses = $150 dollars out of pocket.

 

[JohnCU]

...and that's exactly what I did, and she did not know how much it was.

 

[Geekbabe]

I've had the vacine series... and think of it this way, the vacine is a LOT cheaper than getting Hep B!

 

[pyonir]

i got it. but i got it free through work (even though i wasn't under any benefits). I was a security guard...so they offered it up to everyone.

 

[PG]

I volunteer at a local hospital and I had to get those shots since I'm in the ER. I don't think it cost me anything, but if you have insurance I would get it. At least do more than take the nurse's word and get an exact number.

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: Dismal
I'm getting all my shots and stuff and although Hepatitis B is not one of the required vaccinations, the nurse told me it would be a good idea to think about getting it. However, she said it was expensive, so does anyone know how much $?

By the way, are you a college student, living with lots of other college students, or promiscuous? If not you probably don't need it.

 

[JohnCU]

i'm about to head off to college this fall, that's why i'm getting all this stuff.

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: Dismal
i'm about to head off to college this fall, that's why i'm getting all this stuff.

Right. Might as well get it then. You never know when you might "share a glass" with some slut

 

[ElFenix]

i got something at a red cross station in colombia... i think it may have been that...

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

As a nurse, I have had it and it was $90 Canadian.

In Canada, HepB immunization is now standard at the age of 10.

 

[rgwalt]

I would definitely recommend getting the Hep B vaccination. Also, see about getting the menigitis vaccine. It ran me $80 through my school. Chances are that you'll never have a problem, but your risks go up when you live in the dorms or when you are around students from other countries.

Ryan

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Hep B is a good idea and a necessity if you plan to travel outside the US, Canada, and the far Western EU countries. Hep A is also necessary if you plan to travel to areas with endemic disease. The meningococcus vaccine is a waste of money. Yes, if you get that particular form of bacterial meningitis you will die if not appropriately treated but the likelihood is quite remote. If you've got asthma or any other chronic respiratory or endocrine dz Pneumovax would be a good use of your money.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
Hep B is a good idea and a necessity if you plan to travel outside the US, Canada, and the far Western EU countries. Hep A is also necessary if you plan to travel to areas with endemic disease. The meningococcus vaccine is a waste of money. Yes, if you get that particular form of bacterial meningitis you will die if not appropriately treated but the likelihood is quite remote. If you've got asthma or any other chronic respiratory or endocrine dz Pneumovax would be a good use of your money.

I haven't seen any statistics either way on the menigitis vaccine. I got it because from what I understood college students are at a much higher risk when living in dorms.

Ryan

 

[ohtwell]

I paid $80 for mine in Alabama.

It would have been $100 but I was going into the RN program at my school so they gave me a discount.





: ) Amanda

 

[Mungla]

I don't know about other states but here in Oklahoma, Hep B vaccination is a requirement for enrollment in 7th grade.

 

[Scipionix]

I remember that some government agency just came out with a neutral recommendation on the meningitis vaccine, i.e. they didn't explicitly say to get it or not to get it. The disease is very rare, the vaccine is relatively expensive and it can have serious, possibly fatal side effects, such as getting meningitis. I got it because I went to a university in London for a year and they strongly recommended it, but otherwise I would not have done it.

Now the meningococcal meningitis vaccine is mandatory for college students living in campus housing in CT because some legislator's friend's son died from meningitis. That is the absolute WORST excuse for making public policy that I have EVER seen.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Chances are that you'll never have a problem, but your risks go up when you live in the dorms or when you are around students from other countries.

Forty-three cases of meningococcal disease were reported during the 2 years from colleges with a total enrollment of 4,393,744 students, for a low overall incidence of 1.0 per 100,000 population per year. However, cases of meningococcal disease occurred 9--23 times more frequently in students residing in dormitories than in those residing in other types of accommodations. The low response rate and the inability of the study to control for other risk factors (e.g., freshman status) make these results difficult to interpret.

U.S. surveillance data from the 1998--1999 school year suggest that the overall rate of meningococcal disease among undergraduate college students is lower than the rate among persons aged 18--23 years who are not enrolled in college (Table 2) (0.7 vs. 1.5/100,000, respectively) (14,16). However, rates were higher among specific subgroups of college students. Among the approximately 590,000 freshmen who live in dormitories (17), the rate of meningococcal disease was 4.6/100,000, higher than any age group in the population other than children aged <2 years, but lower than the threshold of 10/100,000 recommended for initiating meningococcal vaccination cam paigns (6).

If you read the whole report it's definitely a mixed message of . . . vaccination isn't practical but it won't hurt so why not.





CDC Prevention Guidelines for Meningococcus Vaccination of College Students

 

[tcsenter]

Mine cost $150 through our county public health department.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Now the meningococcal meningitis vaccine is mandatory for college students living in campus housing in CT because some legislator's friend's son died from meningitis. That is the absolute WORST excuse for making public policy that I have EVER seen.

Touche . . . unfortunately few public health professionals or physicians enter the legislative branch at any level . . . they're too busy working so they leave that domain to lawyers.:disgust:

 

[heartsurgeon]

it cheaper than getting sick with hep B

 

[cavdraco]

nooooooooo
my wife took it and now has severe arthritis. this shot is killing children and cripiling health care workers no one i know will ever take this shot it is too risky the us government has gone vacine waco

cav

 

[db]

A series of 3 for Hep A & B combo is about $42 x 3 from local county health. Since some insurance companies will not pay for preventative shots, this is probably the cheapest route (health dept).

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

my wife took it and now has severe arthritis. this shot is killing children and cripiling health care workers no one i know will ever take this shot it is too risky the us government has gone vacine waco

While within the range of possibility . . . it is highly unlikely that the vaccination caused your wife's arthritis. It is far more likely to be coincidental than causative. Umm, I won't do the leg work so how about you go to the CDC website and find useful facts. Smallpox would be a dodo program. Meningococcus is extremely safe but not worth the cost . . . unless of course it saved your life. Hep B, MMR, Pneumovax, pertussis, Hib, polio, varicella, Hep A, and influenza vaccinations all carry some minimal degree of risk but the overall benefit has few detractors other than quacks and the ignorant.