12-30-2023, 12:31 AM
Note- local news is dropping stories of Mask Mandates coming back due to "Respiratory" conditions
Stories tend to take a few weeks to make the internet rounds
Search Engine Optimization reasons
Just in time for the new year - Expect to hear more
Note - Flonase is no longer being produced by GSK - Now only 2 companies will be making a generic version - One company that only repackages and one that was recently acquired indirectly by Pfizer
Testing shows that although they say biologically similar they are not as effective
Flonase alone is not so hot for RSV in Children but when used with Seravent its a great defense against development of Pneumonia in kids -- inhibits IL8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1488829/
Many insurance companies are going to refuse to pay for the generics instead going with less effective meds
(We have been here before)
After the first of the year it will be very difficult to find the GSK version of the med
Just a heads up
Stories tend to take a few weeks to make the internet rounds
Search Engine Optimization reasons
Just in time for the new year - Expect to hear more
Note - Flonase is no longer being produced by GSK - Now only 2 companies will be making a generic version - One company that only repackages and one that was recently acquired indirectly by Pfizer
Testing shows that although they say biologically similar they are not as effective
Flonase alone is not so hot for RSV in Children but when used with Seravent its a great defense against development of Pneumonia in kids -- inhibits IL8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1488829/
Many insurance companies are going to refuse to pay for the generics instead going with less effective meds
(We have been here before)
After the first of the year it will be very difficult to find the GSK version of the med
Just a heads up