vaccinations without needles

It wouldn't really make a difference for me at this phase of my life but being honest, yes, I would take a patch over an injection anytime! I don't get flu shots or any other shots now. When I was self-injecting for migraines, it would have been nice...the migraine medication always gave me a very large painful knot that lasted for two days. It would be so ideal for children and would remove their fear of vaccinations. Many meds currently come in these patches and I think you really will see more and more of them. I don't forsee all meds in patches though as some meds degrade when exposed to light or air so they would not be conducive to patches. I do think that, in time, meds that can't be give via patch, will be administered via the skin pores (like on the Star Trek show) rendering them painless as well.

I like getting my shot with a needle. It's over fast and easy. They make the needles so tiny now that you don't even feel them. I get whatever shots I need, plus I donate blood, and I've never had a problem with a needle.

That sounds great. It's painful watching your baby get shots. Then again a baby may pick at the patch and play with it

I think if this new method is proven to be more effective, why not? There should be a different between jabs and patches. Jabs get direct to the blood, which is better in certain circumstances.

Needles don't bother me but if they go a different route that is fine as well....my last flu vaccination wasn't a shot it was a spray up the nose

I would definitely be more likely to get vaccinations. I'm deathly afraid of needles.(especially after my last trip to the hospital...they couldn't find a vein to draw blood and wow I looked like a heroin addict!)

It wouldn't make a difference to me. I don't mind the needles, personally! i'm so used to them from donating blood and getting blood tests and IV stuff that they don't bother me. Come to think of it, I would be hesitant to use the patches due to my allergy to certain adhesives.

I think if this new method is proven to be more effective, why not? There should be a different between jabs and patches. Jabs get direct to the blood, which is better in certain circumstances.