travel vaccintions

thebourke

am heading to brazil in 4 weeks time..where is the best place in dublin city to get travel vaccinations...and not too expensive either

Butty

thebourke wrote: »

am heading to brazil in 4 weeks time..where is the best place in dublin city to get travel vaccinations...and not too expensive either

I'm currently getting vaccinations for Asia and South America in the Tropical Medical Bureau in Dublin. I know a couple of people who said they shopped around and it's the cheapest. Personally I didn't I just took their advice. It's not cheap though. It's costing up to €500 when I include the consultation, vaccinations and malaria tablets. You probably wouldn't need as many vaccinations / tablets as it's just Brazil but be prepared, it aint cheap. On the upside they're very quick and efficient in there. They've got offices in Dun Laoghaire, Stillorgan and Grafton ST that I know of. www.tmb.ie

Meathlass

You've left it a bit late to get the Twinrix Hep vacinations. They need to be taken 6 months in advance with a boaster usually after the 6 months, you need to take most malaria tablets for 2 weeks before you start travelling. What part of Brazil are you going to and have you any vacinations already from childhood like polio or tetanus?

How Strange

Meathlass wrote: »

You've left it a bit late to get the Twinrix Hep vacinations. They need to be taken 6 months in advance with a boaster usually after the 6 months, you need to take most malaria tablets for 2 weeks before you start travelling. What part of Brazil are you going to and have you any vacinations already from childhood like polio or tetanus?

Not true, you take the new malaria tablet which is the most expensive one and you start the day you enter the malaria zone and for a week after. I'd recommend this one as there are no side effects.

Ring the TMB and get an appointment. You will have to go back a few times and at 4 weeks you are cutting it pretty fine. You will need to get all the basics like Hep B, Polio, Tetanus, Typhoid plus maybe yellow fever and others depending on where you are travelling in Brazil.

If you are going into the rainforests and jungle then you will need a lot of shots.

Get your receipts and claim them back on your tax next year.

Sign up for the drugs payment scheme and you will get all your prescription drugs including your malaria tablets for €100. That could save you up to €500 depending on how long you are travelling for.

The TMB in Grafton St. is very good. Ask them to put all your creams, rehydration salts etc on your prescription. The chemist on the corner opp M&S usually accepts your prescription and lets you sign up for the drugs payment scheme at the same time. I've heard that some Boots don't.

thebourke

thanks for the info..going to brazil for 3 weeks
heading for Rio de janeiro and probably a few beaches around that area..not sure yet if i will head to the jungle ..will see when i get over there..have some vac's from before..only need hep A and yellow fever..not sure if i will need malaria tablets..thats interesting about the drugs scheme..never knew that..does that apply to the vaccinations also??????

Meathlass

If you're only going to be in Rio and a few beaches I don't see the need for yellow fever. They don't have it in Brazil as far as I know and authorities only want to see if you have the vacine if you are coming in from Peru.