What should I know before I am given Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How is Vaxigrip Tetra given?
What should I know about after being given Vaxigrip Tetra?
Are there any side effects?
Why am I using Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know before I am given Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How is Vaxigrip Tetra given?
What should I know about after being given Vaxigrip Tetra?
Are there any side effects?
Product details
Things you should do
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Call your doctor straight away if:
you notice signs 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.
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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 am given Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How is Vaxigrip Tetra given?
What should I know about after being given Vaxigrip Tetra?
Are there any side effects?
Why am I using Vaxigrip Tetra?
What should I know before I am given Vaxigrip Tetra?
What if I am taking other medicines?
How is Vaxigrip Tetra given?
What should I know about after being given 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 is given
Call your doctor straight away if:
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
dizziness
muscle aches
joint pain
fever
shivering
diarrhoea
nausea
excessive sweating
hot flush (in elderly)
chest tightness (in adults)
irritability, abnormal crying, drowsiness, appetite loss, vomiting (in children)
temporary reduction in the number of blood particles called platelets (thrombocytopenia), swollen glands in neck, armpit or groin (lymphadenopathy)
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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 (convulsions) with or without fever, neurological disorders that may result in stiff neck
tingling or numbness of the hands or feet (paraesthesia)
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)
blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis) which may result in skin rashes and in very rare cases temporary kidney problems
severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis)
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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/Sydney/5/2021 (H1N1)pdm09- like strain (A/Sydney/5/2021, SAN-013)
A/Darwin/9/2021 (H3N2)-like strain (A/Darwin/9/2021, IVR-228)
B/Austria/1359417/2021-like strain (B/Michigan/01/2021, 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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Potential allergens
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Vaxigrip Tetra may contain less than 0.05 microgram ovalbumin (egg protein) per dose.
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What Vaxigrip Tetra looks like
Who distributes Vaxigrip Tetra
12-24 Talavera Road
Macquarie Park NSW 2113