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• ARE STOMACH ISSUES A SIDE EFFECT OF COVID VACCINE SERIES

It was designed to help prevent COVID-19 infection in immunocompromised people who didn't respond well to vaccines or were allergic to some of their ingredients. Question: What is Evusheld and should I opt for it instead of a COVID-19 vaccine?Ī: Evusheld was a combination of two types of monoclonal antibodies.

Other immunocompromised patients may decide they want to try another mRNA booster if they didn’t get a robust response from their primary vaccine series.

ARE STOMACH ISSUES A SIDE EFFECT OF COVID VACCINE SERIES

Some people may opt for the same vaccine they received in their primary series because they know how they’ll respond. Ultimately, the decision to get a different booster shot is up to you. Michael Saag, MD, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says he’s a “big advocate for mixing and matching mRNA vaccines” because it has the potential to broaden the immune response. While more data is needed to assess the effectiveness, especially for immunocompromised patients, there is certainly no harm in getting another kind of mRNA vaccine for your booster shot, according to rheumatologist Alfred Kim, MD, an assistant professor at Washington University School of Medicine. Question: Should I get a different vaccine for my booster than I received for my primary vaccine series?Ī: Preliminary research suggests that mixing and matching vaccines may enhance immune response. If it’s time for you to get a booster - usually four to six months after your last shot - you’re encouraged to get the bivalent vaccine, no matter how many other boosters you’ve had. In response, the FDA rolled out single-shot bivalent boosters from Pfizer and Moderna in September 2022. One study involving more than 200,000 patient records found that protection from the first monovalent vaccines and boosters dropped by half when new subvariants emerged. But as the virus continues to mutate, the original boosters are no longer as effective against new subvariants.

Question: What is the bivalent booster shot?Ī: Booster shots are meant to “boost” immunity when vaccine protection naturally fades over time.

The CDC also has guidance for immunocompromised adults and children. The guidelines for children and teens are more complicated and depend on the child’s age and type of vaccine. If you received two Novavax shots, the third should be the new bivalent booster, which was designed to fight the original coronavirus as well as its variants. If your primary series was the one-dose J&J vaccine, your second shot - the equivalent of a third mRNA dose - should be an mRNA vaccine. That means a total of three doses of an mRNA vaccine. Immunocompromised adults, including those with arthritis taking immune-suppressing medications, should have an additional dose of their primary vaccine series. People who are immunocompromised, either from a medical condition like inflammatory arthritis or because they take drugs that suppress the immune system, need more protection because they don’t fight infections or respond to vaccines as well as others. (Note: The FDA sharply limited use of the J&J vaccine in May 2022 due to safety concerns.)

A vaccine dose is administered as a part of the primary vaccine series a booster shot is given when immunity from the primary series begins to fade, usually within four to six months.įor most people, a primary vaccine series consists of two doses of an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna), two doses of Novavax or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Question: What are the booster or vaccine dose recommendations for people with arthritis?Ī: The terms “booster” and “dose” are often used interchangeably when talking about COVID-19 vaccines, but they aren’t the same. News, scientific understanding and guidelines about COVID-19 are continually evolving.