What should I know before I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How do I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know while using Vaxigrip Tetra?
Are there any side effects?
Why am I using Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know before I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How do I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know while using Vaxigrip Tetra?
Are there any side effects?
Product details
Things you should do
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Tell your doctor, nurse or pharmacist before you receive the vaccine if you
are allergic to the active ingredients or any of the other ingredients in this vaccine.
are suffering from an illness.
have a bleeding problem or bruise easily.
ever fainted from an injection.
have or had Guillain-Barré syndrome (severe muscle weakness) after getting a flu vaccine.
have a known allergy to egg protein.
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Looking after your medicine
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Vaxigrip Tetra is usually stored in the surgery or clinic, or at the pharmacy. However, if you need to store Vaxigrip Tetra:
keep in the fridge between 2-8°C. Do not freeze.
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What should I know before I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How do I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know while using Vaxigrip Tetra?
Are there any side effects?
Why am I using Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know before I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How do I use Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know while using Vaxigrip Tetra?
Are there any side effects?
Product details
Do not use Vaxigrip Tetra:
Symptoms of allergic reaction may include difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, swelling of the face, lips, throat or tongue, cold, clammy skin, palpitations, dizziness, weakness, fainting, rash or itching. If you are not sure if you are allergic, talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist before you receive Vaxigrip Tetra.
Tell your doctor, nurse or pharmacist:
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
How much to use
Call your doctor straight away if you:
Driving or using machines
Looking after your medicine
Getting rid of any unwanted medicine
Less serious side effects
Less serious side effects
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What to do
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pain, tenderness, redness, swelling, bruising and hardness at the injection site
feeling unwell
headache
muscle aches
fever
shivering
irritability, abnormal crying, drowsiness, appetite loss, vomiting (in children)
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Speak to your doctor if you have any of these less serious side effects and they worry you.
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Serious side effects
Serious side effects
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What to do
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pain situated on the nerve route (neuralgia), fits (convulsion), neurological disorders that may result in stiff neck
confusion, numbness, pain and weakness of the limbs, loss of balance, loss of reflexes, paralysis of part or all of the body (encephalomyelitis, neuritis, Guillain-Barre syndrome)
tingling or numbness of the hands or feet (paraesthesia)
blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis) which may result in skin rashes and in very rare cases temporary kidney problems
severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis)
swollen glands in the neck, armpit or groin (lymphadenopathy)
short-term low blood platelet count (transient thrombocytopenia)
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Call your doctor straight away, or go straight to the Emergency Department at your nearest hospital if you notice any of these serious side effects.
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Reporting side effects
What Vaxigrip Tetra contains
Active ingredient
(main ingredient)
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Influenza virus haemagglutinin of the following strains
A/Victoria/2570/2019 (H1N1)pdm09 - like strain (A/Victoria/2570/2019, IVR-215)
A/Hong Kong/2671/2019 (H3N2) - like strain (A/Hong Kong/2671/2019, IVR-208)
B/Washington/02/2019 - like strain (B/Washington/02/2019, wild type)
B/Phuket/3073/2013 - like strain (B/Phuket/3073/2013, wild type)
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Other ingredients
(inactive ingredients)
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Sodium chloride, potassium chloride, dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate, monobasic potassium phosphate, water for injections, and traces of ovalbumin (egg protein), neomycin, octoxinol-9 and formaldehyde.
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