Prevnar

Active Ingredient(s): Pneumococcal Vaccine, Polyvalent
Category: Vaccination

Prevnar Overview

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV)—known as Pneumovax 23 (PPV-23)—is the first pneumococcal vaccine derived from a capsular polysaccharide, and an important landmark in medical history. The polysaccharide antigens were used to induce type-specific antibodies that enhanced opsonization, phagocytosis, and killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) bacteria by phagocytic immune cells. The pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine is widely used in high-risk adults.[...

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Recent Prevnar Forums:

Problem with vildagliptin

I have been taking vildagliptin sometimes with metformin and sometimes alone in the morning after breakfast. I have been facing serious headache. On contacting doctor stopped to take this medicines. But still the headache exists. I want to know for howmany days this headache remains and what should I do.???

Updated February 25, 2014

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Possible Dosages for this and Related Drugs:

Pneumococcal Vaccine, Polyvalent

Injection: 25mcg/isolate, Combo

Note: Above list includes dosages for all drugs with the same combination of active ingredients.

NDC Database Records for Prevnar: (1 result)

Sorted by National Drug Code

0005-1970 Prevnar Intramuscular Injection, Suspension by Wyeth Pharmaceutical Division of Wyeth Holdings Corporation, a Subsidiary of Pfizer Inc.

Other drugs which contain Pneumococcal Vaccine, Polyvalent or a similar ingredient: (2 results)

PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE, POLYVALENT
PNEUMOVAX 23 Pneumococcal Vaccine, Polyvalent