Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live (Systemic)
Brand Names : M-M-R 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 measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, the following should be
considered:
Allergies - Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or
allergic reaction to measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, to the antibiotic
neomycin, to gelatin, or to eggs. 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 measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine during pregnancy,
or becoming pregnant within 3 months after receiving the measles, mumps, and
rubella vaccine, is not recommended. Because the natural measles infection
has been shown to increase the chance of birth defects and other problems,
it is thought that the live virus vaccine may cause similar problems. Mumps
vaccine may infect the placenta, although the vaccine has not been shown to
infect the fetus or to cause birth defects. Rubella vaccine crosses the placenta.
However, the Centers for Disease Control observed more than 200 women who
received the vaccine within 3 months before or after becoming pregnant and
those women gave birth to normal babies.
Breast-feeding - Mothers who are receiving measles, mumps, and rubella
vaccine and who wish to breast-feed should discuss this with their doctors,
because rubella vaccine virus may pass into the breast milk and may cause
mild rubella infection in nursing babies. However, studies have not shown
that this infection causes any serious problems.
Children - Use is not recommended for infants younger than 12
months of age, unless the risk of measles infection is high. Waiting until
children are at least 12 months of age is important because antibodies that
infants receive from their mothers before birth may interfere with the effectiveness
of the vaccine. There may be special reasons why children between 6 months
and 12 months of age also may require measles vaccination.
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
measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, 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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Radiation therapy - May reduce the useful effect of the vaccine
Other medical problems - The presence of other medical
problems may affect the use of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. 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 of developing side effects and the 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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