Rubella and Mumps Virus Vaccine Live (Systemic)
Brand Names : BIAVAX II
Before Receiving This VaccineIn deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be
weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor
will make. For rubella and mumps virus vaccine live, the following should
be considered:
Allergies - Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or
allergic reaction to rubella and mumps virus vaccine live, to the antibiotic
neomycin, or to gelatin. Also tell your health care professional if you are
allergic to any other substances, such as preservatives.
Pregnancy - Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or if you may
become pregnant within 3 months after receiving this vaccine. Although adequate
studies have not been done in either humans or animals and problems have not
been shown to occur, use of rubella and mumps virus vaccine live during pregnancy,
or becoming pregnant within 3 months after receiving rubella and mumps virus
vaccine live, is not recommended. Rubella vaccine virus crosses the placenta.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitored more than
200 women who received the vaccine within 3 months before or after becoming
pregnant and those women gave birth to normal babies. Mumps vaccine virus
may infect the placenta, although the vaccine has not been shown to infect
the fetus or to cause birth defects.
Breast-feeding - Rubella vaccine virus may pass into breast milk.
However, this vaccine has not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.
Children - Use of this vaccine is not recommended for infants
younger than 12 months of age. Children who received the vaccine when younger
than 12 months of age should receive another dose of vaccine at 12 to 15 months
of age.
Other medicines - Although certain medicines should not be used
together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together
even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to
change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Before you receive
rubella and mumps virus vaccine live, it is especially important that your
health care professional know if you have received any of the following:
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Cancer medicines or
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X-ray treatment - May reduce the useful effect of the vaccine
Other medical problems - The presence of other medical
problems may affect the use of rubella and mumps virus vaccine live. Make
sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
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Immune deficiency condition (or family history of) - Condition
may increase the chance and severity of side effects of the vaccine and/or
may decrease the useful effects of the vaccine
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Severe illness with fever - The symptoms of the condition may
be confused with the possible side effects of the vaccine
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