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Sunday, 30 October 2005 08:51 | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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An inquiry by the Government's Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) which is one of the independent advisory committees established under the Medicines Act (Section 4) which advises the UK Licensing Authority (Government Health Ministers) on the quality, efficacy and safety of medicines in order to ensure that appropriate public health standards are met and maintained, claims that winter flu jabs are being linked to an increased risk of life-threatening illness among the elderly.
Many pensioners who are taking Warfarin to ward off strokes have suffered internal bleeding after flu jabs, leading to fears of potentially fatal interactions between the vaccine and blood-thinning medication.
The inquiry was prompted due to six pensioners at the same surgery were reported to have suffered internal bleeding after having the jab.
Medical records going back 35 years show a further 25 cases of suspected serious interactions between Warfarin and the flu vaccine.
CSM experts were concerned that the flu jab - which is mainly aimed at the over-65s, who are a target group for anti-stroke medication - could be destabilising Warfarin and increasing the risk of fatal internal bleeding.
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