📋 Indications & Clinical Dosage
*Active immunization against pneumococcal disease:*
BY SC OR IM: Adults & Children above 2 yr: a single dose of 0.5 ml.
⛔ Contraindications
Less than 10 days prior to or during immunosuppressive therapy, patients with Hodgkins disease who have received extensive chemotherapy and/or nodal irradiation, pregnancy, lactation.
⚠️ Precautions & Warnings
Severely compromised cardiac and pulmonary function, febrile respiratory illness or active infection, re-vaccination. See literature.
⚠️ Adverse Reactions / Side Effects
Fever, local reaction, relapse of patients with stabilized idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
📚 Official Regulatory & Clinical References
- Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP): Drug Registration, S.R.O. Price Gazettes & National Essential Medicines List (NEML).
- World Health Organization (WHO): Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (ATC/DDD Index).
- Formulary Standards: British National Formulary (BNF) & Pakistan National Formulary (PNF) guidelines.