Can a person on antiviral medications receive H1N1 vaccine?
The live, attenuated intranasal H1N1 vaccine should not be given until the person has been off of flu antiviral drugs for 48 hours, or if there is an expectation that the person will be placed on antivirals in the next 14 days. Antiviral medications can lower or prevent vaccinated people from responding to the vaccine. This only applies to antivirals for flu and does not apply to antiviral therapy (like antivirals for herpes or varicella). Antiviral drugs can be taken with the inactivated H1N1 vaccine.Back to Top Lab Tests and H1N1 Vaccines Can a person who has received the live, attenuated intranasal H1N1 vaccine test positive on a rapid flu diagnostic test? The live, attenuated intranasal H1N1 vaccine can cause a positive test result on a rapid flu diagnostic test if a person has been vaccinated in the past seven days. The test cannot differentiate between the live H1N1 vaccine and wild-type flu viruses. Should the H1N1 vaccine be recommended for people who have had a flu-like illnes
