Drug details
Tripedia (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine)
type of Vaccines, Combos
Tripedia (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine) (DTaP) is an immunization used to prevent diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), and pertussis (whooping cough).
This drug may have the following side effects:
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mild fever - injection site reactions (redness, pain, tenderness, or swelling)
- fussiness or irritability for 1-3 days after the shot
- tiredness or poor appetite for 1-3 days after the shot, or
- vomiting for 1-3 days after the shot.
The following drugs are related to Tripedia, 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)