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Vaccines needed for travel?

  • 27-01-2008 6:13pm
    #1
    pokeroptimist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭


    I've never gotten any travel vaccines before and I'm heading to Africa in August on a safari. Does anyone know roughly how much the vaccines will cost me? It seems to be a grey area regarding people knowing the approx cost of vaccines.

    thanks


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  • #2
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Ok, I can give you what it cost me for mine in 2004.

    I got the TwinRx (Hep A & Hep B), as well as the Polio, Diptheria and Typhoid shots and it cost me about 150 without the consult. Consult should have cost 60 but myself and my mate were going to the same place so the doc said fine, he would do the two consults for the price of 1.

    I then got the second TwinRix shot in Ireland and that cost about 60 to 80

    I got the final booster 6 months later and it cost 90AUD

    Got the yellow fever one and it cost 90AUD in Perth including the consult.

    So they aint cheap. I got the ones in Ireland in the TMB in Limerick


  • #3
    pmc32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭pmc32


    Visit www.tmb.ie they show costs per injection. For some vacs, you need more than one visit, prices only shown for one shot, not entire course.


  • #4
    pokeroptimist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭pokeroptimist


    Are any of these covered by medical card or health insurance? Possibly not.


  • #5
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Dont think so.. oh and you will probably need Malaria tabs as well, I used both Malarone and Deoxy .. found the Deoxy to be better but probably because i took the malarone without food which they say you shouldn't :o


  • #6
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    pokeroptimist wrote: »
    Are any of these covered by medical card or health insurance? Possibly not.

    Keep the receipts for the vaccines,u can claim it back at the end of the year as medical expenses.problem solved


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  • #7
    pokeroptimist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭pokeroptimist


    jackncoke wrote: »
    Keep the receipts for the vaccines,u can claim it back at the end of the year as medical expenses.problem solved

    ? Really? Have you done this? Nice one if it works!


  • #8
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    yeah.Theres a form u can download online and fill in the blanks,it'll be this time next year tho before u claim.


  • #9
    Grettbags
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭Grettbags


    I went to Tanzania for a month back in July 06. Got all my vac's in the tropical medical clinic on Grafton. If I remember correctly I spent about 200/250 or so on mine. They will go though everything with you and give a perscription for all your other meds needed, I think this cost me another 80 or 90 euros. One a day Malaria tablets were €4 euro each. Hope this helps!


  • #10
    Fast_Mover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭Fast_Mover


    Just back form Africa as of yesterday.
    Vaccines arn't covered by the DSP.
    I got..
    1.)Malaria tablets (I got Malerone: most expensive ones but easiest to take, as in, start 2days before you go, one everyday your there and a week when you come back..my friend got malaria tablets that she has to take for 4 weeks when she gets back!)
    2.)Yellow Fever
    3.)Typhoid
    4.)Hep A
    5.)Diphteria/Tetanus/Polio.

    Think it came to about €250 iirc!


  • #11
    pokeroptimist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭pokeroptimist


    Fast_Mover wrote: »
    Just back form Africa as of yesterday.
    Vaccines arn't covered by the DSP.
    I got..
    1.)Malaria tablets (I got Malerone: most expensive ones but easiest to take, as in, start 2days before you go, one everyday your there and a week when you come back..my friend got malaria tablets that she has to take for 4 weeks when she gets back!)
    2.)Yellow Fever
    3.)Typhoid
    4.)Hep A
    5.)Diphteria/Tetanus/Polio.

    Think it came to about €250 iirc!


    Cool. Where in Africa did you go? A report would be nice to hear if you care to take the time :)


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  • #12
    pokeroptimist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭pokeroptimist


    pokeroptimist wrote: »
    Cool. Where in Africa did you go? A report would be nice to hear if you care to take the time :)

    Also forgot to ask....where did you go to get the vaccines? local GP or tmb clinic?


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