Eastgate Drug

Vaccinations

You can walk into Eastgate drug for your flu, Pneumonia and shingles vaccination today. Medicare pays for your vaccinations shots, which are administered by certified pharmacists.

Our pharmacists are trained and certified to provide flu, pneumonia and shingles shots.

Flu Shots (Influenza)

Influenza is a contagious disease. It is caused by the influenza virus, which spreads from person to person through coughing or sneezing.

Facts:

• It takes 2 weeks to be fully immunized following a flu shot. Protection can last up to a year.
• Flu shots are recommended as late as February.
• Influenza viruses are always changing. Therefore, influenza vaccines are updated every year, and an annual vaccination is recommended.

Treatment:

• Recommended for people 65 year of age and older.
• Residents of long-term care facilities housing person with chronic medical conditions.
• Anyone who wants to reduce their risk of getting the flu.

Vaccination against influenza has been calculated to:

• Reduce workdays lost due to influenza by 57%
• Save your company approximately $47.00 per vaccinated employee due to decreased sick leave and fewer physician visits
• Each worker who gets sick with influenza misses an average of 3 to 4 workdays

More information about the influenza vaccine

Pneumonia Shots (pheumnococcal)

Pneumococcal disease kills more people in the United States each year than all other vaccine-preventable diseases combined. Most healthy adults who get the vaccine develop protection to most or all of these types within 2 to 3 weeks of getting the shot.

Facts:

• Pneumococcal disease is responsible for sickness and death every year then any other vaccine-preventable disease.
• The PPV vaccine protects against 23 types of bacteria.
• About 1 out of every 20 people who get pheumococcal pneumonia dies from it.

Treatment:

• Recommended for patients 60 years and older
• Recommended for patients with long-term health problems or conditions that lower the body’s resistance
• Also recommended for many Alaskan Natives and Native American populations

More information about pheumococcal vaccine

Shingles Shots (Zostavax)

More than 90% of adults have had chickenpox and that puts them at risk for Shingles.

Facts:

• The risk of contracting Shingles increases with age
• Shingles is caused be the same virus that causes chickenpox and can affect a person without warning
• There is no way of predicting who will be affected by Shingles
• 1 Million people a year are affected by Shingles

Treatment:

• Must be for patients 60 years and older
• Not recommended for patients with weakened immune systems
• Talk to your pharmacist about any severe allergies before receiving the shot

More Information about the Shingles Vaccine