H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Nasal Spray Contents

Warning: Under no circumstances should this be used by pregnant women.

Each pre-filled refrigerated FluMist sprayer contains a single 0.2 mL dose.

Each 0.2 mL dose contains:

*106.5-7.5 FFU of live attenuated influenza virus reassortants of each of the three strains:
A/South Dakota/6/2007 (H1N1) (an A/Brisbane/59/2007-like), A/Uruguay/716/2007 (H3N2) (an
A/Brisbane/10/2007-like), and B/Brisbane/60/2008 [1].
*0.188 mg/dose monosodium glutamate (MSG): C5H8NNaO4, a Stabilizer MSG - MSG intolerance: There have been numerous studies of allergies and/or sensitivities to MSG, attributed to the free glutamic acid component, which has been blamed for causing a wide variety of physical symptoms such as migraines, nausea, digestive upsets, drowsiness, heart palpitation, hair loss, asthma, anaphylactic shock, rapidly increasing diabetes, and many other complaints.
*2.00 mg/dose hydrolyzed porcine gelatin: Pig skin based gelatine
*2.42 mg/dose arginine: amino acid
*13.68 mg/dose sucrose: table sugar, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose
*2.26 mg/dose dibasic potassium phosphate: the dipotassium salt, K2HPO4; used alone or in combination with other phosphate compounds as an electrolyte replenisher
*0.96 mg/dose monobasic potassium phosphate: the monopotassium salt, KH2PO4; used as a buffering agent in pharmaceutical preparations and, alone or in combination with other phosphate compounds, as an electrolyte replenisher, urinary acidifier, and antiurolithic
*<0.015 mcg/mL gentamicin sulfate: A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from an actinomycete used in the treatment of various infections

FluMist contains no preservatives.