Tetanus Toxoid Bio Suspension

Tetanus Toxoid Bio is a tetanus toxoid vaccine which is used as active immunisation to help your body develop immunity against the disease called Tetanus. Tetanus is a serious disease caused by bacteria (Clostridium tetani) which secrete the toxin. Tetanus, also referred to as lockjaw, causes painful tightening of the muscles, usually all over your body. It may lead to a condition called “locking” of your jaw so that you cannot open your mouth to breath or swallow. This condition could lead to death. This bacterium usually enters your body through open wounds. The tetanus vaccine is highly effective in preventing this potentially deadly disease.

You should not be given Tetanus Toxoid Bio:

• If you are allergic to any ingredients used in Tetanus Toxoid Bio, including thiomersal which is a mercury derivative (see WHAT TETANUS TOXOID BIO CONTAINS).
• If you develop any severe allergic symptoms due to the administration of previous doses [first dose or second dose] (see Take special care).
• If you develop any type of nerve disorders or signs and symptoms of nerve disorders.

Also, if there is an outbreak of poliomyelitis, your doctor should postpone immunisation, provided that you have not sustained any injury which will increase your risk of tetanus.

Take special care with Tetanus Toxoid Bio:

• If you are given more frequent booster doses (than recommended) you may be at risk of increased side effects.
• If you experience Arthus-type hypersensitivity reactions (characterised by severe swelling, pain, fever, bleeding, or necrosis due to deposits of immune complexes), or temperature greater than 39 °C after a previous dose, you should not be given emergency doses more frequently than every 10 years, even if you have a wound that is neither clean nor minor (see Possible Side Effects).
• If you or your child have a temporary loss of movement or feeling in all or part of the body or loss of movement, pain and numbness of the arm and shoulder after having a vaccine which contains tetanus (Guillain-Barré syndrome or brachial neuritis).
• If you have an impaired immune system, you may have a reduced immunological reaction to immunisation.
• You should not be given this vaccine if you have any blood clotting disorders.
• If you are being immunised, appropriate medical supervision should always be readily available in case of allergic reactions which may lead to severe life-threatening conditions.
• If you have a severe illness, then the administration of Tetanus Toxoid Bio should be postponed. However, if you have a minor infection, then immunisation may be considered in certain circumstances.

Your doctor, pharmacist or other healthcare professional will immunise you.

How Tetanus Toxoid Bio works: Our bodies do not naturally produce antibodies against the tetanus toxin. Therefore, primary vaccination and booster shots with Tetanus Toxoid Bio are recommended every 10 years to protect individuals of all ages against the tetanus toxin. The vaccine contains antigens that induce the production of antibodies against the toxin produced by Clostridium Tetani.

Immunisation schedule of Tetanus Toxoid Bio:

USE OF TETANUS TOXOID BIO FOR PREVENTION OF TETANUS: If you are 7 years or older and have not previously been immunised, you will be given a primary immunisation course. This will consist of two injections given into your muscle of the thigh or arm. Your doses should be given 4 to 8 weeks apart followed by a third (reinforcing) dose. This reinforcing dose should be given 6 to 12 months after the second dose. The reinforcing dose is an integral part of the primary immunising course.

Tetanus Toxoid Bio can have side effects, but the frequencies are unknown:

If any of the following happens, tell your doctor immediately or go to the casualty department at your nearest hospital:

Frequency unknown:

• Severe allergic reactions with swelling of the hands, feet, ankles, face, lips, mouth or throat which may cause difficulty in swallowing or breathing.
• Any severe skin reactions (with redness and generalised itching accompanied by sweating, dizziness and dizziness with subsequent loss of consciousness or swelling of lymph nodes and pain or swelling).
• Severe drop in blood pressure or shock.

In the event of an overdose, consult your doctor or pharmacist. If neither is available, seek help at the nearest hospital or poison control centre.

Tetanus Toxoid Bio:

• Do not freeze
• Store at 2 °C – 8 °C (in a refrigerator)
• Discard if the vaccine has been frozen
• Should be used on or before the expiry date stated on the pack
• STORE ALL MEDICINES OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.

Incompatibilities: Tetanus Toxoid Bio has no known incompatibilities.