First Influenza Nasal Spray Approved for Self-Administration—Experts Weigh In

People can self administer or get a caretaker to administer the nasal spray vaccine.

Courtesy of AstraZeneca

Experts share different views on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent decision to expand its approval of FluMist, allowing the influenza nasal spray to be self-administered for the first time.

Pharmacists can prescribe the nasal vaccine and the spray can also be administered by a caretaker, the FDA said in a statement on Friday.