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Yellow Fever Vaccine (Systemic)
Brand name(s): YF-Vax
Description
Yellow Fever Vaccine is used to prevent infection by the yellow fever virus. It works by causing your body to produce its own protection (antibodies) against the virus.
Vaccination against yellow fever is recommended for all persons 9 months of age and older who are traveling to or living in areas of Africa, South America, or other countries where there is yellow fever infection and for people who are traveling to countries that require yellow fever immunization (certificate of vaccination). It is also needed by other people who might come into contact with the yellow fever virus.
Infants 6 to 9 months of age and pregnant women should be vaccinated only if they must travel to areas where there is an epidemic of yellow fever and they cannot be protected from mosquito bites.
Infants 4 to 6 months of age may be vaccinated only if there is a high risk of getting yellow fever infection.
Vaccination against yellow fever is not recommended for infants younger than 4 months of age because they have an increased chance of getting serious side effects from the vaccine.
The certificate of vaccination for yellow fever is valid for 10 years beginning 10 days after the first vaccination, or on the date of the second vaccination if within 10 years of the first injection.
Yellow fever vaccine is given only at authorized Yellow Fever Vaccination Centers. The location of these centers can be obtained from your state, province, and local health departments.
The vaccine is available in the following dosage form:
- Injection (U.S. and Canada)
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Clindamycin severe side effects
i forgot to mention that she had ran fever on Wed. afternoon and evening. it got up to 102.7. She has not ran fever since. I just checked on her and she has a low grade of 99.5. Yesterday she had about 4-6 loose bowel movements. today she has had about 7 since she woke up around 10am, it is now after 5pm. she has been hungry this whole time this has been going on and wanting to eat, which i thought was strange.
thanks
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Possible Allergic Reaction
Allergic reactions can occur with clarithromycin use. People with a history of allergy, asthma, hay fever or hives seem to be more susceptible to these reactions. The reaction can be immediate and severe. Allergic symptoms include wheezing, hives, itching, swelling, spasms in the throat and breathing tubes, joint and muscle pain, difficulty breathing, fever and skin rashes.
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levofloxacin in typhoid fever
You may try some links to information (look at google)
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic2331.htm
http://medind.nic.in/imvw/imvw396.html
http://www.travmed.com/features/keystone_levofloxacin.htm
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Production of Trazadone
See answer above. That is how I arrived at this board. But I don't get it. This might not be the manufacturer? Perhaps we need to research Pharmaceutical World or trazodone + .com.
Trazodone is the generic name for desyrel.
I think the drug is so old that whoever manufactured desyrel doesn't anymore as I did enter desyrel + .com and came up with nothing using MSN search. Hmm......
But do check out this cool link which I found here (!) too regarding all generic drugs:
http://www.pharmaceuticalworld.com/generics_links.htm
[ May 21, 2005, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: maryc64 ]
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side effects: Pleural effusion
Nitrofuradantoin contains the furan grouping, however, nobody in the
whole wide world has produced a positive antibody response to a
compound of low molecular weight containing a furan grouping that I am
aware of.
Furthermore Nitrofurantoin is not a completely benign medication. It can cause nausea and vomiting, fever, rash, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and progressive pulmonary interstitial fibrosis.
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