What type of flu vaccine is fluzone?
Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent is the only licensed high-dose inactivated influenza (flu) vaccine; it is manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur Inc. Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent is a four-component (quadrivalent) flu vaccine approved for people 65 years and older.
What are the ingredients in the quadrivalent flu vaccine?
Each dose of 0.5 mL dose of clear-to-slightly opalescent suspension contains 4 strains of influenza virus. Nonmedicinal ingredients: egg protein, sodium phosphate-buffered, isotonic sodium chloride solution, formaldehyde, Triton® X-100, sucrose, gelatin, and thimerosal (multidose preparation only).
Is fluzone a live vaccine?
Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent vaccine contains 4 killed flu virus strains. There is no live flu virus in Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent.
What type of vaccine is the quadrivalent influenza vaccine?
A synthetic vaccine consisting of hemagglutinin (HA) antigens derived from four inactivated influenza viruses, two different influenza type A strains and two different influenza type B strains, with protective immunizing activity.
What is the difference between Fluzone and regular flu vaccine?
The high dose vaccine (brand name Fluzone High-Dose) contains four times the amount of antigen (the inactivated virus that promotes a protective immune response) as a regular flu shot. It is associated with a stronger immune response following vaccination (higher antibody production).
How is Fluzone quadrivalent made?
Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent for intramuscular injection is an inactivated influenza vaccine, prepared from influenza viruses propagated in embryonated chicken eggs. The virus-containing allantoic fluid is harvested and inactivated with formaldehyde.
What is the difference between Fluzone and Flulaval?
For example, Flulaval and Fluzone are both recommended in patients older than 6 months of age, and neither is recommended over the other, but Fluzone has two specific formulations-0.25 mL and 0.5 mL for different age ranges, whereas Flulaval only has a standard 0.5 mL dose regardless of age.
What is fluzone made of?
Fluzone High-Dose (Influenza Vaccine) for intramuscular injection is an inactivated influenza vaccine, prepared from influenza viruses propagated in embryonated chicken eggs. The virus-containing allantoic fluid is harvested and inactivated with formaldehyde.
What is the difference between the flu vaccine and the senior flu vaccine?
What is Fluzone made of?
Does fluzone have egg?
Most flu shots and the nasal spray flu vaccine are manufactured using egg-based technology. Because of this, they contain a small amount of egg proteins, such as ovalbumin.
How effective is Fluzone quadrivalent?
It’s proven to be 24% more effective than standard-dose Fluzone in preventing the flu. FLUZONE® HIGH-DOSE QUADRIVALENT is a vaccine indicated for prevention of influenza disease caused by influenza A and B strains contained in the vaccine. FLUZONE® HIGH-DOSE QUADRIVALENT is given to people 65 years of age and older.
Can fluzone make you sick?
Common side effects of Fluzone High-Dose include: injection-site pain, muscle pain, feeling unwell (malaises), and.
Can you be allergic to the Covid vaccine?
Allergies to vaccines are exceedingly rare. Before COVID-19, approximately 1 in 5 million people worldwide developed an allergic reaction to a vaccine. Allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine have been recorded in about 1 in 1 million cases.
What is the flu vaccine made of?
Egg-based vaccine manufacturing is used to make both inactivated (killed) vaccine (usually called the “flu shot”) and live attenuated (weakened) vaccine (usually called the “nasal spray flu vaccine”).