"Pentaxim" - vaccination, which is aadsorbed vaccine, which protects the body against pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus. The form of release - vials with syringes (on 1 or on 20 pieces).
In one dose of the drug contains:
- toxoid: 30 IU diphtheria, 40 IU tetanus, 25 mcg pertussis;
- Filamentous hemagglutinin - 25 mcg;
- poliomyelitis viruses of the first type - 40 units a / g, the second type - 8 units a / g, the third type - 32 units a / g;
- auxiliary substances (Hanks environment, aluminum hydroxide, formaldehyde, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol), without phenol red.
The dose of lyophilizate includes polysaccharides Haemophilus influenzae (B), conjugated with tetanus toxoid (10 μg) and auxiliary substances (trometamol, sucrose).
Suspension white, cloudy. It is administered intramuscularly.
"Pentaxim" is an inoculation contraindicated in:
- progressive encephalopathy;
- developed encephalopathy after the introduction of the vaccine (any);
- strong reaction, which developed at 48 hours after the last vaccination, containing a pertussis component (fever, convulsions, unusual prolonged crying syndrome, syndrome hypotonic);
- confirmation of a systemic hypersensitivity reaction to any of the listed vaccine ingredients, polymyxin B, neomycin, glutaraldehyde, streptomycin;
- acute manifestations of infectious diseases;
- elevated temperature;
- the presence of chronic diseases.
«Пентаксим» – прививка, которая вводится только intramuscularly (not intravenously and subcutaneously!), usually in the middle third of the femur (anterolateral), from 3 months. The prepared suspension is used immediately. The full course of vaccination includes three injections (a dose of 0.5 ml, an interval of a month to two (not more)). Next time, the vaccine "Pentaxim" should be vaccinated in 18 months (already revaccination).
If the first dose of the vaccine is given after six months, the second - after a month and a half. Then the scheme changes. The third dose does not include the diluted lyophilizate, the fourth one is pierced as usual.
The scheme also changes in the case when the vaccine is given after a year. In this case, three revaccinating doses (2-4) are also administered without lyophilizate.
- soreness;
- compaction;
- redness;
- temperature increase;
- sleep disturbance;
- Irritability;
- diarrhea;
anorexia;
- vomiting;
- drowsiness;
rash.
Swelling can be observed after the first vaccinations,and only a few hours. The listed reactions should pass independently, in the first day, without any residual phenomena. Anaphylactic reactions are extremely rare (0.01%).
Those parents who already had time to inoculate"Pentaxim" to their children, most of them praise the drug. Among the main advantages is good tolerability (although, we recall, reaction to the drug is individual) and multifunctionality (replaces DTP). However, at the same time, parents complain that the vaccine is expensive and does not always happen.
You can vaccinate a child both in a polyclinic (nursery) and in private clinics. In large cities, there is the possibility of calling an immunologist at home.
