Myasthenia Gravis |
Flu vaccine10/27/2009 |
is the flu vaccine safe for people with myasthenia gravis symptoms mild and not medicated but have muscle weakness when tired
I have not found association of flu shots and aggravation of myasthenic symptoms. I believe the flu shot is safe for my patients, especially the ones on immunosuppression, but I direct them toward the inactivated (dead)formulation. Patients with immunosuppression (steroids, IVIG, cellcept, imuran, etc) used to treat myasthenia gravis should avoid live virus vaccines. Talk about it with your physician.
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Robert W Neel, IV, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |