Immunologic Agents : Active Immunity (Vaccines and Toxoids)
ITETA4 “Tetanus toxoid injection”
適應症：預防破傷風。
Usual dose:
Adults and children 7 years of age and older should not be given diphtheria and tetanus toxoids adsorbed for pediatric use (DT), as adverse effects are more common due to the higher dose of diphtheria toxoid in this formulation.
Tetanus diphtheria vaccination: (adult formulation) 0.5 mL IM x 3 doses given at 0 and 4-8 wks, and at 6-12 mon after second dose; booster dose every 10 years.
Precaution: febrile illness.
Adverse effect:
Common: Hypotension, Localized adverse reaction to administration of drug, Nausea, Arthralgia, Fever, Malaise.
Serious: anaphylaxis (rare), arthus type urticaria, brachial (cervical) neuritis, Guillain-Barre syndrome.
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