H1N1 vaccine is available on a first come first serve basis. Patients can come during our regularly scheduled injection hours to our Gaithersburg office only except for Thursday evenings. We will not administer H1N1 injections on Thursday evenings due to the high volume of allergy injection patients.
We have run out of our initial supply of H1N1 vaccine. We are currently scheduling appointments knowing we are expecting further shipments of the vaccine.
Patients who are pregnant, or have asthma or history of respiratory infections should not receive the nasal vaccine. To best serve our patient population we suggest the following:
1. If you are having difficulty controlling your asthma, please make an appointment. We will save a vaccine dose for you.
2. Please make sure you are up to date with all your medications, for asthma, sinusitis, eczema or rhinitis. If you need a refill, please schedule an appointment and we will save a dose for you.
3. If your asthma or sinusitis tends to flare during the colder winter season and you have not been evaluated since August we would recommend an appointment.
4. We evaluate all of our asthma patients every six months with a pulmonary function test (lung funcntion test). Please schedule for this.
When scheduling your appointment please let the receptionist know you are interested in the H1N1 vaccine.
The message is: we are here to help care for you through this flu season. An appointment now to “tune up” your allergy, asthma, or eczema condition will allow us to make you a treatment plan for the upcoming months. We appreciate your patience as we administer this vaccine with (hopefully) increasing shipments soon to arrive.
Wishing you a Happy & Healthy Autumn,
Dr. Eghrari-Sabet, Dr. Siddiqi, L. Rainsford PA-C
and the staff of Family Allergy & Asthma Care
Don’t be afraid of the swine flu vaccine. H1N1 is the same recipe just a different flavor. If you are in a risk group you should be vaccinated. Watch Dr. Jackie on NBC4