Vaccinations
Hi everybody I’m looking for some advice. I’m due to start orcrevus at the end of October but I’d like to go travelling further afield at some point. I’ve been told by my ms team to try and get vaccinations ASAP as it would be difficult to time with my infusions once they start and that quite a few last for a number of years. I know a rough idea of where I’d like to go but when I explained to the GP of this they told me they couldn’t help as I wasn’t clear on exactly where I wanted to go. I told them a few countries where I’m definitely going but they didn’t seem to understand my situation and I guess the urgency of the situation. Has anyone had vaccinations like this while on ocrevus or anyone in the same situation?
@mollygraham Hi and welcome to the club 😀 Above this post you'll see some boxes relating to some of the things that you mentioned, click on them and it'll take you to other posts made about it. There is a gentleman @dominics who is traveling in Nepal at the mo if you read some of his posts they may give you an insight.... he's also on Ocrevus. Hope that points you in the right direction. Welcome again 😀
I was told they had to be non live vaccines and either 6 weeks prior or 6 weeks post infusion. I’d still try to have them done before you start because I’ve heard they’re more effective since you don’t have a weakened immune system yet. I personally haven’t had any vaccines since starting Ocrevus though.