Comments on: Vaccine patch may replace needles

By: Raoul

Raoul — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:38:47 +0000

Ah, those little needles dissolve away in the skin .. that is good .. it reminded me immediately about a certain type of cactur when started reading …

Makes you wonder huh .. why they make those needles so darn long .. if the immunity cells are right underneath the skin surface already … No more than a scratch needed apparently, just rub the stuff in there …
No wait .. inlfuenza needles are not that long .. in fact, you hardly feel them … Why would we need patches I’d say. It’s the other vaccinations that use fat long painfull needles … Yeah, they will develop patches with at least 2 cm long microscopic needles on them … hm ..

I wonder what material these ‘needles’ on those patches are made off .. why don’t they break before entering the skin I’d say?

By: Elise

Elise — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:06:59 +0000

Coooooooooool I don’t mind needles and I am not scared of injections. I recently had a tattoo done, yay!……but unfortunately something happens to my body and i faint and have a bit of a fit…….oh so much fun , LOL. It’s annoying and I hate it!!!!!!!!!!

By: roz

roz — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:13:46 +0000

i was thinking more of oral medications…which some patients can skillfully fake taking. a patch would be a lot more effective…an implant even better.

By: Berber Anna

Berber Anna — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:29:39 +0000

James, they’re not objectively bad, but show them to my animal brain and I start doing stupid things like hyperventilating and fainting. I think the response may stem from the giant needles they jabbed into my little preemie legs when I was a newborn. *shudders*

The patch is needle-ish, but doesn’t really look like a needle, so I’m thinking I probably wouldn’t mind it. Too bad they can’t use those to draw blood.

By: jameshogg

jameshogg — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:36:08 +0000

>.>

Needles aren’t THAT bad for goodness sake!

By: roz

roz — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:23:22 +0000

well, duh! it”s about time! they certainly can deliver many more meds via patch than they are doing now.

By: Weaponstar

Weaponstar — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:12:43 +0000

I was going to say ‘YAY goodbye needles’ but that little thing honestly doesn’t look any more attractive to me. >.>

By: Andy McDowell.

Andy McDowell. — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:13:16 +0000

I wonder how long until someone develops patch phobia. As lab mice go getting a vaccine for flu is probably seen as a good day in the lab, certainally much better than if someone decided to grow a human ear on your back, can spoil your whole day if that happens.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:19:11 +0000

Aww they are still tessting on mice (N) sounds good anywaay..

By: Diane brown

Diane brown — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:39:40 +0000

Fascinating!! Hopefully this will progress further to other areas of injection administration. People who have needle phobias for instance, not to mention the risks involved in administration i.e needlestick injuries and infection control issues!