Vaccines:
Indications for FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE QUADRIVALENT:
Influenza immunization for patients aged ≥65yrs.
Adult:
<65yrs: use Fluzone Quadrivalent. Give by IM inj once in the deltoid. ≥65yrs: 1 dose/season.
Children:
Use Fluzone Quadrivalent.
Contraindications:
Allergy to egg proteins. Life-threatening reaction to any previous flu vaccine.
Warnings/Precautions:
Use current formulation only. Guillain-Barre syndrome within 6 weeks of previous flu vaccine. Immunosuppressed. Have epinephrine inj (1:1000) available. Pregnancy. Nursing mothers.
See Also:
Interactions:
Immunosuppressants: may get suboptimal response.
Adverse Reactions:
Local reactions (eg, pain, tenderness, swelling, erythema), malaise, headache, myalgia, irritability.
Generic Availability:
NO
How Supplied:
Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent prefilled syringe (0.7mL)—10; Fluzone Quadrivalent prefilled syringe (0.25mL, 0.5mL)—10; single-dose vial (0.5mL)—10; multi-dose vial (5mL)—1 (contains thimerosal)
