Travel vaccinations - help needed

abakan

Ok ive got almost everthing booked for the round the world trip and have to start thinking of getting travel jabs

I know about the travel vaccination center in Dublin but I want to know where can i get the best prices for vacinations?

Ill be staying a while in SE Asia and been advised to get the following Vacc's
Malaria
Hep A,B
Jap Enceph
Polio
Typhoid
Diphiteria
Tetanus

Anybody know how i can get these without getting ripped off??

MrJoeSoap

We're getting them done in college (heading to Thailand) and they're costing in or around 100euro. If you are a student its worth asking the college doctor about.

crosstownk

Try here for some info http://www.tmb.ie/exodus/

I got some two years ago before travelling to Mexico. It cost me about €150 and comprised of me having to buy the vaccination from the chemist, bring it to my GP and pay him for a standard visit. If you can avail of the option from college MrJoeSoap recommended then it'll probably be the least expensive.

Litcagral

crosstownk wrote:

Try here for some info http://www.tmb.ie/exodus/

I got some two years ago before travelling to Mexico. It cost me about €150 and comprised of me having to buy the vaccination from the chemist, bring it to my GP and pay him for a standard visit. If you can avail of the option from college MrJoeSoap recommended then it'll probably be the least expensive.

I got the wife to administer them and saved the GP's fee.

pixiearoo

abakan wrote:

Ok ive got almost everthing booked for the round the world trip and have to start thinking of getting travel jabs

I know about the travel vaccination center in Dublin but I want to know where can i get the best prices for vacinations?

Ill be staying a while in SE Asia and been advised to get the following Vacc's
Malaria
Hep A,B
Jap Enceph
Polio
Typhoid
Diphiteria
Tetanus

when will you be in asia? we are doing RWT also, but hep A needs a booster in 6-12 months so, if its at the end of the trip get them closer to the time or u will have to get them again. malaria are tablets, u take them in a course over a few weeks. check it out with the Tropical Disease Centre in DunLaoire if u are near to there,

good luck!

BossArky

Got my Hep A and B plus Typhoid done in London for free with NHS.

Dizzy Lass

I just got my injections done in Wexford

Cost me 125e for the prescriptions for typhoid, diphiteria, polio, tetanus, hep A&B

Then doctor charged me 40e for giving me the injections !!

BossArky

Don't you need malaria for Wexford too?

Nalced_irl

If there are a few of you going, go to your GP as a group and ask about getting a discount. Pretty much all GPs will knock a good chunk off if there are a few of you. I got mine for about €80 this way which i think is as cheap as you will get.

aviendha

I got three jabs for RTW:\

1 HepA and Tetanus
2. Diphthera Typhoid Polio
3. Yellow Fever
with consultation fee, prescription for malaria tabs and all the appropriate certification booklets and such.

for 145euro at Dr. Ekky in Drumcondra, opposite Quinns, who is a Travel Vaccination GP.

Hope this helps

pixiearoo

Hi all!

have a look at www.tmb.ie all the info you might need on vaccinations is listed here!

abakan

Thanks for the replys, im waiting on a call back from Dr. Ekky in Durmcondra. close to me and i'm not a student

gary the great

Ok good tip on Dr. Ekky hes 100euro cheaper than my doc was quoting.

Anyway im travelling to SE asia and he said the following:

Hep A
Dipteria
Tetnaus
Polio
Typhoid
and malaria tablet prescription (although i dont think il need this as im just going to buy the tablets over in Thailand (i mite not even bother cos i dont plan going North although i mite go to Vietnam or Cambodia in which case i presume is hould take them)

130euro for them, this sounds about right.

Then if i want Hep B its an extra 75 euro. Should i bother with this? Is it that neccesary?

And what about Rabies? Should i get this (although he never mentioned it on the phone), anyone know how much he charges fro it?

Thanks for the info

gary the great

Can anyone help me here!?

silkkut

Got
Hep A
Dipteria
Tetnaus
Polio
Typhoid

Total cost €150 in meridian clinic, clarehall ..total of 2 shots ..one in each arm... If you want Hep B you have to get it over a 6 week period - a total of 3 shots at €30 a pop! ...

gary the great

silkkut wrote:

Got
Hep A
Dipteria
Tetnaus
Polio
Typhoid

Total cost €150 in meridian clinic, clarehall ..total of 2 shots ..one in each arm... If you want Hep B you have to get it over a 6 week period - a total of 3 shots at €30 a pop! ...

Do you not have to get 3 shots for Hep A aswell?

Ye dont think il bother with Hep b, dont plan on getting any blood transfusions nor using the local prossie service (although a couple of my mates do and there not going to bother getting the injection)

Cool stuff dont think il bother with malaria until i head to cambodia/vietnam, as im staying South Thailand. I also heard that if you take loads of B vitimans the mosquitos hate them and are less likely to bite...

ShiverinEskimo

gary the great wrote:

Do you not have to get 3 shots for Hep A aswell?
Ye dont think il bother with Hep b, dont plan on getting any blood transfusions

WHo on god's green earth plans a blood transfusion??! To be honest anyone who forgoes a recommended vaccination to save themselves 30/40 odd euro shouldn't be allowed out of the country.

gary the great

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

WHo on god's green earth plans a blood transfusion??! To be honest anyone who forgoes a recommended vaccination to save themselves 30/40 odd euro shouldn't be allowed out of the country.

Ah i was havin a laugh obviously nobody plans a blood tranfusion.

If you were to get every single vaccination recommneded you would be talking about 5 or 600euro, you have to draw the line on what is and isnt needed somewhere....

ShiverinEskimo

I'm heading to thailand and cambodia in October and am getting all the vaccinations/antibitiotics listed on the tmc website for that reason. My health is something I can't put a price on. I read up on what those viruses do to you - and it ain't pretty - malaria is an impressively hateful bastard of a virus...

mise

While I agree with taking care of your health, there are vacinnations you can leave out, like HepB if you're not planning to shag any locals and Rabies.
As far as I know the Rabies vaccine doesn't stop you getting it if you get bitten, it just gives you more time to get medical help. I think you have something like 3 days without it, and a week with the injection so unless you're gonna be in the arse end of absolutely nowhere, you shouldn't need it.

abakan

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

malaria is an impressively hateful bastard of a virus...

Yes and its also expensive to keep at bay

The doc gave me a perscription for €600 on Malarone tablets, gotta spend 60 days in Malaria zones

gary the great

Why dont you buy your malaria tablets in thailand? thats what im doing there real cheap over there.

i got my injections today at Dr. Ekkys

Polio
Typhoid
Tetnaus
Dipteria
Hep A
they were 130euro

then i got the first Hep b shot which was 25quid, then another 1 at the end of next month and that should cover me for the time im over there. Although he said its only about 70percent effective. The 3rd shot is 5months down the road so i dont think il bothe with that tbh even though it then covers you for 5 years.

abakan

I was thinking of that alrite - there not the same tablet as Malarone, and you have to tke them for 4 weeks after you leave the area

But when I weight up the hassle of taking them for 4 week and paying out 600euro, I inclined to get them over there

Grem

Go to your doctor for them. In the tmb place our injections were due to cost nearly 200 euro and our doctor did them for 110 i think. He's a sound doc tho!

Also get your malaria tabs in Thailand - if your going there. (Boots Khao San Road) They cost f&*k all compared to here. Make you feel quite dodge though/messed up my pill/makes you sensitive to sun. Just be careful, im sure your doc will advise you on all this.

And enjoy Asia. Fantastic place to be going!

edanto

More than half of the anti-malaria tablets in South East Asia are fake.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9327

Get them here, get the jabs you need and don't risk your health just to save a few quid.

wimbles

anyone interested in vaccines from April 2010 to travel to SE Asia, travelhealth.ie charge 130 p/p for tet, polio, Dp, Hep A & typhoid.

Hoping you all stay healthy:)

Oral Slang

Got jabs done last night in Travelhealth. Best value I've seen. Great place, very helpful & informative consultation. Definitely recommend!