ACETAMINOPHEN AND CHILDHOOD VACCINES

 

While Acetaminophen generally limits post-vaccination fever, it also reduces children´s response to some vaccine antigens, according to a study published in London.

 

Doctors of mothers in develop countries, whose babies receive several routine injections around 3 months of age, often recommend Acetaminophen to try to reduce the risk of fever or febrile seizures.

 

Acetaminophen Syrup Diagnos, is used against fever, malaise and minor pain, and is usually administered as an oral suspension in children.

 

Vaccines are generally those offered to children as protection against pneumococcal disease, Haemophilus influence Type B (Hib), diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hepatitis B, polio, and rotavirus.