Drug details
Infanrix (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis)
type of Vaccines, Combos
Infanrix (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed) (also called DTaP) is a vaccine used to help prevent these diseases in children who are ages 6 weeks to 6 years old (before the child has reached his or her 7th birthday). Infanrix vaccine works by exposing your child to a small dose of the bacteria or a protein from the bacteria, which causes the body to develop immunity to the disease. Infanrix will not treat an active infection that has already developed in the body.
This drug may have the following side effects:
- hives,
- difficulty breathing,
- swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
- fainting,
- weakness,
- irritability,
- extreme drowsiness,
- fussiness,
- severe dizziness,
- seizure, and
- crying for 3 hours or longer,
- high fever within a few hours or a few days after the vaccine
The following drugs are related to Infanrix, either as a replacement or used together:
- BayTet (tetanus immune globulin (human) solvent/detergent treated 250 units)
- Boostrix (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine, adsorbed)
- Infanrix Hexa (combined diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, acellular pertussis, hepatitis b, inactivated poliomyelitis, adsorbed conjugated haemophilus influenzae)
- Daptacel (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed)
- Decavac (tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed)
- Vaxelis (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus, haemophilus b conjugate [meningococcal protein conjugate] and hepatitis b [recombinant] vaccine)