Poliovirus Vaccine : Before Using

Poliovirus Vaccine - Systemic

Poliovirus Vaccine *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Side Effects

Before Receiving This Vaccine

For a while after you are immunized, there is a very small risk - 1 in 2.2 million that any people living in your household who have not yet been immunized against polio or who have or had an immune deficiency condition may develop poliomyelitis - polio from being around you. Talk to your family doctor if you have any questions about this.

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For polio vaccine, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to polio vaccine or to neomycin, polymyxin B, or streptomycin. The polio vaccines available in the USA and Canada may contain neomycin, polymyxin B andstreptomycin. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Diet Make certain your health care professional knows if you are on any special diet, such as a low-sugar diet, because the oral solution form of polio vaccine may be given to you on a sugar cube.

Pregnancy care

Studies on effects in pregnancy have not been done in either humans or pets. However, this vaccine has not been shown to cause birth defects or other problems. Although it is not recommended for all pregnant women, polio vaccine is given to pregnant women who are at great risk of catching polio.

Breast-feeding problem

Polio vaccine has not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.

Use for Children

Use is not recommended for infants up to 6 weeks of age. For infants and children 6 weeks of age and older, polio vaccine is not expected to cause various side effects or problems than it does in adults.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been studied specifically in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in adults people. Although there is no special info comparing use of polio vaccine in the elderly with use in other age groups, this vaccine is not expected to cause various side effects or problems in older people than it does in adults people.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Before you receive polio vaccine, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are receiving or have received any of the following:

Cancer medication
Corticosteroids - cortisone-like medication
Radiation therapy May reduce the useful effect of the vaccine

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of polio vaccine. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Diarrhea
Virus infection
Vomiting The condition may reduce the useful effect of the vaccine

Fever
Illness - moderate or severe
Weakness - severe The symptoms of the condition may be confusing with possible side effects of the vaccine

Immune deficiency condition - or family history of The condition may increase the risk of side effects of the vaccine