Vaccines:
Indications for: FLUVIRIN
Influenza immunization.
Adults and Children:
<4yrs: not recommended. Each dose is 0.5mL IM. 4–8yrs: 2 doses at least 1 month apart for 1st immunization, otherwise 1 dose per season. >9yrs: 1 dose/season. Infants and young children: give in anterolateral thigh; older: give in deltoid muscle.
FLUVIRIN Contraindications:
Allergy to egg proteins. Life-threatening reaction to any previous flu vaccine.
FLUVIRIN Warnings/Precautions:
Use current formulation only. Guillain-Barre syndrome within 6 weeks of previous flu vaccine. Immunosuppressed. Have epinephrine inj (1:1000) available. Pregnancy (Cat.C). Nursing mothers.
FLUVIRIN Classification:
Influenza vaccine.
FLUVIRIN Interactions:
Concomitant vaccines: insufficient data (see literature). Immunosuppressants (eg, radiation, chemotherapy, high-dose steroids) may result in suboptimal response.
Adverse Reactions:
Local reactions, headache, fever, malaise, fatigue, myalgia.
How Supplied:
Multidose vial (5mL)—1
Single-dose prefilled syringes (0.5mL)—10
