Avaxim 160 U

Hepatitis A vaccine for persons 16 years of age and older. The vaccine is injected into the upper arm.

Vaccination scheme

The vaccine is administered in two doses at the following intervals: the first dose is administered on the selected date, the second dose is administered 6 to 12 months later.

No vaccination has been prescribed.

When is it necessary to postpone vaccination?

You must not be acutely ill at the time of vaccination, physical exertion, visiting the sauna, solarium, or large consumption of alcoholic beverages is not recommended on the day of application. The interval between the previous and next vaccination must be at least 2 weeks. You must not take antibiotics at the time of vaccination.

Most commonly reported side effects

Pain at the injection site, mild fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, indigestion, weakness.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding

For precautionary reasons, it is not recommended to administer the vaccine to pregnant women except in cases of high risk of infection. The vaccine can be given to breastfeeding women.

Notice

All information given here is for information purposes only. The choice of vaccine or vaccination schedule is always up to the doctor after a personal consultation at the vaccination centre.

Dear clients, Adacel/Adacel Polio/Boostrix Polio vaccines will be stocked in May. Due to high demand, there was an outage at the manufacturer.